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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
 
*The episode title is a pun on the children's counting game, "{{W|Eeny, meeny, miny, moe}}".
 
*The episode title is a pun on the children's counting game, "{{W|Eeny, meeny, miny, moe}}".
*[[Kearney]]'s son banging the three bottles together on his fingers is a reference to the 1979 film ''{{W|The Warriors (film)|The Warriors}}'', although the rhythm is different.
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*In the hockey game where [[Homer]] sees some of the after-game commentary on TV, the commentators [[Jean-Pierre Petomane]] and [[Wayne Buckhorn]] are caricatures of real-life [[Canada|Canadian]] ice hockey commentators {{W|Don Cherry}} and {{W|Barry Melrose}}, respectively.
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*Upon learning that [[Maya]] finds him attractive, Moe joyfully utters the nonsense phrase, "Oh, frabjulous day, calloo callay!" which is a reference to a similar line in the [[Lewis Carroll]] poem ''{{W|Jabberwocky}}''.
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*Moe mistakes SS leader {{W|Heinrich Himmler}} of being the creator of the {{W|Heimlich Manuever}}.
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*When [[Moe]] is tidying up his bar, he throws a copy of ''[[Little Women]]'' in the bin.
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*Moe asks Maya if she's always been that size, or if it's a "Benjamin Button deal", a reference to ''{{W2|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button|short story}}''.
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*When [[Carl]] mentions that Homer can't remember limericks, he tries to recite "{{W|There once was a man from Nantucket}}", but fails.
 
*A variation on a theme from one of {{W|Philip Glass}}'s scores is heard during the commercial about the nanny-monitoring device.
 
*A variation on a theme from one of {{W|Philip Glass}}'s scores is heard during the commercial about the nanny-monitoring device.
*[[Moe]] jokes about people that live in trees, particularly {{W|Tarzan}} and the {{W|Berenstain Bears}}.
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*Moe says that a lot of people live in trees, like {{W|Tarzan}} and the {{W|Berenstain Bears}}.
*Upon learning that [[Maya]] finds him attractive, Moe joyfully utters the nonsense phrase, "Oh, frabjulous day, calloo callay!" which is a reference to a similar line in the [[Lewis Carroll]] poem "{{W|Jabberwocky}}".
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*When Moe turns on the television in Maya's house, it is showing a scene from ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' featuring [[Oompa-Loompa]]s.
*When Moe turns on the television in Maya's house, it is showing a scene from ''{{W|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory}}'' featuring [[Oompa-Loompa|Oompa-Loompas]].
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*[[Kearney]]'s [[Kearney's Other Son|son]] banging the three bottles together on his fingers is a reference to the 1979 film ''{{W2|The Warriors|film}}'', although the rhythm is different.
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*The restaurant [[Pasta La Vista, Baby]] is a reference to the catchphrase of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s character in ''[[Terminator]]'', "{{W|hasta la vista, baby}}".
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*[[Mr. Largo]], upon receiving the wrong surgery, comments that he doesn't look like actress [[Julie Newmar]].  
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*When [[Moe]] sees [[Dr. Nick]] to have size-change surgery, Nick is about to give him the anesthetic and tells him that when he wakes up, he'll be a woman. Moe, taken aback, sits up and says that's not what he came in for. At this, Nick apologizes and says he must have gotten his files mixed up. An indignant and newly short [[Mr. Largo]] then appears in the doorway, complaining to Dr. Nick—implying that Largo was the one wanting a sex-change operation.
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*When [[Moe]] sees [[Dr. Nick]] to have size-change surgery, Nick is about to give him the anesthetic and tells him that when he wakes up, he'll be a woman. Moe, taken aback, sits up and says that's not what he came in for. At this, Nick apologizes and says he must have gotten his files mixed up. An indignant and newly short [[Mr. Largo]] then appears in the doorway, complaining to Dr. Nick—implying that Largo was the one wanting a [[LGBT characters|sex-change]] operation.
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== Continuity ==
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*Before [[Homer]] discovers the day-care center next door to [[Moe's Tavern]], he sets [[Maggie]] down on Moe's pool table to play. Maggie also plays on Moe's pool table in the comic story ''[[Maggie's Crib 15]]''.
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== Goofs ==
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*When Homer screams "I--will--never--know--the--score!", the bag of chips turns from green to blue.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:52, October 23, 2021

References/Trivia


Season 20 Episode References
435 " Wedding for Disaster"
436
"Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe"
"The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly" 437


Cultural references[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • When Moe sees Dr. Nick to have size-change surgery, Nick is about to give him the anesthetic and tells him that when he wakes up, he'll be a woman. Moe, taken aback, sits up and says that's not what he came in for. At this, Nick apologizes and says he must have gotten his files mixed up. An indignant and newly short Mr. Largo then appears in the doorway, complaining to Dr. Nick—implying that Largo was the one wanting a sex-change operation.

Continuity[edit]

Goofs[edit]

  • When Homer screams "I--will--never--know--the--score!", the bag of chips turns from green to blue.
Season 20 References
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