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==Debut Appearnace==
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== Debut appearances ==
 
*[[Mindy Simmons]]
 
*[[Mindy Simmons]]
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*[[Zutroy]]
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*[[Stewart]]
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*[[Guy with big hand]]
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*[[Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo]]
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*[[Isaac Newton|Sir Isaac Newton]]
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== Cultural references ==
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*''{{W|The Last Temptation of Christ}}'': Punned in the episode title.
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*Homer imagines Mindy in the style of {{W|Sandro Botticelli|Botticelli's}} ''{{W|The Birth of Venus}}''.
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*''{{W|The Nutty Professor}}'': Bart's nerd voice and look resembles [[Jerry Lewis]] in the 1963 film.
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*When [[Homer]] is stuck in the elevator with [[Mindy Simmons|Mindy]] and tells himself to "Think unsexy thoughts", one of the mental images he gets is of [[Barney]] wearing a bikini while dancing and drunkenly {{W|scat singing}} the theme from ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''.
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*"{{W2|Mandy|song}}": The {{ap|Mindy|song|song}} that Homer sings about Mindy and Marge at the end is to the tune of this song.
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*"{{W|Big Apple}}": [[Capital City]] is nicknamed the "Windy Apple", a reference to New York City's nickname the "Big Apple" and [[Chicago]]'s nickname the "Windy City".
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*Mr Burns keeps a number of the winged monkeys in a cage, to unleash on people who charge room service to the company. When Homer and Mindy do so, Burns sends them off to attack with the infamous line ''"Fly, my pretties! Fly!"''. Unfortunately, because the monkeys can't actually fly, they all plummet to their deaths. Burns groans at this, then tells Smithers to ''"continue the research"''. The {{W|winged monkeys}} are characters from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''.
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*In the ending scene, when Homer and Marge get together in Homer's Capital City hotel room, the music playing is "{{W|Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe}}" by [[Barry White]].
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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*The deleted scene also mentions the events of "[[Marge Gets a Job]]".
 
*The deleted scene also mentions the events of "[[Marge Gets a Job]]".
 
*[[Werner Klemperer]] who voices Colonel Klink in this episode did not use Klink's real voice. He instead used the director's imitation of Klink, as he forgot how Klink talked after ''{{W|Hogan's Heroes}} was canceled.
 
*[[Werner Klemperer]] who voices Colonel Klink in this episode did not use Klink's real voice. He instead used the director's imitation of Klink, as he forgot how Klink talked after ''{{W|Hogan's Heroes}} was canceled.
*The duck who works at the nuclear power plant is named [[Stewart]].
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*The duck who works at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear power plant]] is named [[Stewart]].
 
*[[Smilin' Joe Fission]] from "[[Homer's Odyssey]]" appears on the sign behind Homer and Mindy in the energy convention.
 
*[[Smilin' Joe Fission]] from "[[Homer's Odyssey]]" appears on the sign behind Homer and Mindy in the energy convention.
*The sign at the hotel says '[[Capital City Hotel]]: {{W|Legionellosis|Legionnaire's Disease}}-free since 1990'.
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*The sign at the hotel says '[[Capital City Plaza Hotel]]: {{W|Legionellosis|Legionnaire's Disease}}-free since 1990'.
 
*[[Barry White]]'s song "Can't Get Enough of You Babe" was last heard in "[[Whacking Day]]".
 
*[[Barry White]]'s song "Can't Get Enough of You Babe" was last heard in "[[Whacking Day]]".
 
*The trees in Homer's vision of Marge living in the white house look just like her hair.
 
*The trees in Homer's vision of Marge living in the white house look just like her hair.
*The man with the very large hand is voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]] and Dan actually uses his regular voice.
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*[[Guy with big hand|The man with the very large hand]] is voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]] and Dan actually uses his regular voice.
 
*The guy in the radiation suit in the beginning looks just like Homer when he is wearing it in the opening titles.
 
*The guy in the radiation suit in the beginning looks just like Homer when he is wearing it in the opening titles.
*Capital City was last featured in "[[Dancin' Homer]]". A few bars from Tony Bennett's song "Capital City" play when the Capital City skyline is shown in this episode.
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*[[Capital City]] was last featured in "[[Dancin' Homer]]". A few bars from Tony Bennett's song "Capital City" play when the Capital City skyline is shown in this episode.
* First appearance of [[Mindy Simmons]]. She would make her second appearance in a non-speaking role in [[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]].
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*[[Menachem Begin]], the famous [[Israel]]i politician, was mentioned in this episode. The eye doctor referenced it when Bart is given glasses similar to Begin's glasses.
*Menachem Begin, the famous Israeli politician, was mentioned in this episode. The eye doctor referenced it when Bart is given glasses similar to Begin's glasses.
 
 
*One of the shows is called National Ringworm Association, the other NRA.
 
*One of the shows is called National Ringworm Association, the other NRA.
== Cultural references ==
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*[[Mr. Burns]]' autobiography [[Will There Ever Be a Rainbow?]] is shown on the information desk at the energy convention.
*'''"[[wikipedia:The Last Temptation of Christ|The Last Temptation of Christ]]"''': Punned in the episode title.
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*'''"[[wikipedia:The Nutty Professor|The Nutty Professor]]"''': Bart's nerd voice and look resembles [[Jerry Lewis]] in the 1963 film.
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== Goofs ==
*'''"[[wikipedia:Mandy (song)|Mandy]]"''': The song Homer sings about Mindy and Marge at the end is to the tune of this song.
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*When Bart laughs at the teachers, [[Miss Hoover]] has [[Mrs. Krabappel]]'s colors.
*'''"[[wikipedia:Big Apple|Big Apple]]"''': Capital City is named the "Windy Apple" a reference to New York City's nickname the "Big Apple" and [[Chicago]]'s nickname the "Windy City".
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*The [[boy with shades]] has the [[buck-toothed boy]]'s colors.
*'''"[[wikipedia:The Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz]]"''': Mr Burns keeps a number of the winged monkeys in a cage, to unleash on people who charge room service to the company. When Homer and Mindy do so, Burns sends them off to attack with the infamous line ''"Fly, my pretties! Fly!"''. Unfortunately, because the monkeys can't actually fly, they all plummet to their deaths. Burns groans at this, then tells Smithers to ''"continue the research"''.
 
*'''"[[Wikipedia:Lewinsky scandal|Monica Lewinsky scandal]]"''': During the "Eye on Springfield" skit, the main topic was titled "Hail to the Cheat" in reference to this event as well as the subsequent events where Clinton was impeached, along with some affairs from Kennedy, Eisenhower, and George H.W. Bush.
 
*In the ending scene, when Homer and Marge get together in Homer's [[Capital City]] hotel room, the music playing is "{{w|Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe}}" by [[Barry White]].
 
  
 
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{{Season 5|R}}

Latest revision as of 17:18, February 11, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 5 Episode References
089 "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood"
090
"The Last Temptation of Homer"
"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" 091

Debut appearances[edit]

Cultural references[edit]

  • The Last Temptation of Christ: Punned in the episode title.
  • Homer imagines Mindy in the style of Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.
  • The Nutty Professor: Bart's nerd voice and look resembles Jerry Lewis in the 1963 film.
  • When Homer is stuck in the elevator with Mindy and tells himself to "Think unsexy thoughts", one of the mental images he gets is of Barney wearing a bikini while dancing and drunkenly scat singing the theme from I Dream of Jeannie.
  • "Mandy": The song that Homer sings about Mindy and Marge at the end is to the tune of this song.
  • "Big Apple": Capital City is nicknamed the "Windy Apple", a reference to New York City's nickname the "Big Apple" and Chicago's nickname the "Windy City".
  • Mr Burns keeps a number of the winged monkeys in a cage, to unleash on people who charge room service to the company. When Homer and Mindy do so, Burns sends them off to attack with the infamous line "Fly, my pretties! Fly!". Unfortunately, because the monkeys can't actually fly, they all plummet to their deaths. Burns groans at this, then tells Smithers to "continue the research". The winged monkeys are characters from The Wizard of Oz.
  • In the ending scene, when Homer and Marge get together in Homer's Capital City hotel room, the music playing is "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" by Barry White.

Trivia[edit]

Goofs[edit]

Season 5 References
Homer's Barbershop Quartet Cape Feare Homer Goes to College Rosebud Treehouse of Horror IV Marge on the Lam Bart's Inner Child Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood The Last Temptation of Homer $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) Homer the Vigilante Bart Gets Famous Homer and Apu Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy Deep Space Homer Homer Loves Flanders Bart Gets an Elephant Burns' Heir Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song The Boy Who Knew Too Much Lady Bouvier's Lover Secrets of a Successful Marriage