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== Cultural references ==
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*The title of the episode is a reference to the phrase "[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20away%20from%20home Home away from home]".
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*[[Lisa]] listens to ''[[Verbal Tea]]'' on the Nationwide Public Radio. This show and its opening tune parody the American news program ''{{W|All Things Considered}}'' from the National Public Radio (NPR).
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**American comedian {{W|David Sedaris}} participated in the radio program where he made fun of {{W|prison overcrowding in the United States}}.
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*When Lisa told the family she won tickets for a movie, [[Homer]] is enthusiastic and compares himself to film critic [[Roger Ebert]].
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*''Grandma Shark Week'' is a parody of ''{{W|Shark Week}}'', a shark-based program on Discovery Channel.
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[[File:Ghostface identity.png|250px|thumb|{{W2|Ghostface|identity}} identity from ''{{W2|Scream|franchise}}'' appears on television when Homer is trying to find a replacement for a babysitter]]
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*{{W2|Ghostface|identity}} identity from ''{{W2|Scream|franchise}}'' appears on television when Homer is trying to find a replacement for a babysitter for [[Maggie]].
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*At [[Limited Appeal Theater]], one of the films being played is ''[[Oppenheimer's Elevator]]'', which is a reference to {{W|J. Robert Oppenheimer}}, who led the research team that made the first atomic bomb.
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*The 'Humble figurines' are parodies of {{W|Hummel figurines}}.
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*[[Ned]] got the figure "Summer Dreamin'" from ''{{W2|Parade|magazine}}'', an American weekly magazine oriented to conservative readers.
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*"Ned and breakfast" is a play-on {{W|bed and breakfast}}.
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*[[Katja]] tells Ned he rhymes like "Snoopy Dog", a reference to both [[Snoopy]] and {{W|Snoop Dogg}}.
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*When Homer finds [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] laughing at Katja and Vicki's performance with [[Todd]]'s picture, he wants an explanation and says that saying "[[Jimmy Fallon]]" would be a lie.
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*[[Humbleton]], a fictional town in [[Pennsylvania]], has houses similar to those found in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]].
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**The song that plays when the Flanders family are driving to Humbleton, PA is "{{W|Lara's Theme}}" from the 1965 film ''{{W|Doctor Zhivago}}''.
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*Coach [[Clay Roberts]] resemblances {{W|Biff Tannen}}, the main antagonist in ''{{ap|Back to the Future|franchise}}''.
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*Clay Roberts works out to the song "{{W|(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)}}" by the {{W|Beastie Boys}}.
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*One of the "humbletonians" mentions {{W|Pixy Stix}} when greeting Ned.
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*Ned bursts into the ornament factory with a scarf covering his mustache in the same manner as Mick Travis ({{W|Malcolm McDowell}}) does in the 1968 British drama film ''{{W|if....}}''.
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**The song that is heard in this scene is "{{W2|Bad Company|song}}" by the hard rock band of {{W|Bad Company|the same name}}.
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*Ned stands over a grate with wind billowing up into his moustache, spoofing the famous scene where [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s dress billows up around her over the subway grate in ''{{W|The Seven Year Itch}}''.
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*On the TV program ''[[Celebrity Chop Shop]]'', [[Jason Bateman]]'s {{W|Bentley}} gets dismantled in front of a [[Tiffany & Co.]] in [[Beverly Hills]].
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*"{{W2|Tutti Frutti|song}}" by [[Pat Boone]] is heard when Ned reads ''[[The Humbletonian]]''.
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*[[Dewey Largo]] plays "{{W2|Freeze Frame|song}}" by {{W|The J. Geils Band}} on the [[First Church of Springfield]]'s organ.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*Some of the media from TV Homers wonders to have babysit Maggie are: Shark Week and the killer from Psycho.
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*This is the only episode in [[Season 16]] (and the first since "[[Old Yeller-Belly]]" in [[Season 14]]) to use the full version of the [[opening sequence]].
*Music from the episode:
 
**"{{W|(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)}}" by {{W|The Beastie Boys}} (Heard as the coach works out.)
 
**"{{W|Lara's Theme}}" from {{W|Doctor Zhivago}} (As Ned and the boys head off to Pennsylvania.)
 
**"{{W|Bad Company (song)|Bad Company}}" by {{W|Bad Company}} (Heard during the montage of Ned's first few days at work.)
 
 
 
== Notes ==
 
 
*SexySlumberParty.com is a real site registered to the show.
 
*SexySlumberParty.com is a real site registered to the show.
  
 
== Goofs ==
 
== Goofs ==
 
*When Bart and Milhouse are on the computer, Bart starts typing in the "Ask Jeeves" search box, but when we see a camera shot of the computer, nothing is in the search box.
 
*When Bart and Milhouse are on the computer, Bart starts typing in the "Ask Jeeves" search box, but when we see a camera shot of the computer, nothing is in the search box.
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**He may have just been typing in the URL.
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*When the men are cheering for {{ap|Vicki|Home Away from Homer}} and [[Katja]], there are two [[Herman]]s and two [[Old Jewish man]]s visible. Also, [[Comic Book Guy]] has [[Sanjay]]'s colors.
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**Additionally, the two Hermans both have black hair.
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*When Ned says "All I got was soggy bread", [[Krusty]]'s head is yellow.
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*In the church scene, [[Ruth Powers]] appears twice; Sarah Wiggum is shown, but there is no sign of her husband or son; and a [[Ned Flanders]]-lookalike (without sweater) is also seen in the last pew next to the wall.
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{{Season 16|R}}
 
{{Season 16|R}}
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[[Category:Trivia]]
 
[[Category:Trivia]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:39, April 26, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 16 Episode References
354 "Thank God It's Doomsday"
355
"Home Away from Homer"
"The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star" 356


Cultural references[edit]

Ghostface identity from Scream appears on television when Homer is trying to find a replacement for a babysitter

Trivia[edit]

Goofs[edit]

  • When Bart and Milhouse are on the computer, Bart starts typing in the "Ask Jeeves" search box, but when we see a camera shot of the computer, nothing is in the search box.
    • He may have just been typing in the URL.
  • When the men are cheering for Vicki and Katja, there are two Hermans and two Old Jewish mans visible. Also, Comic Book Guy has Sanjay's colors.
    • Additionally, the two Hermans both have black hair.
  • When Ned says "All I got was soggy bread", Krusty's head is yellow.
  • In the church scene, Ruth Powers appears twice; Sarah Wiggum is shown, but there is no sign of her husband or son; and a Ned Flanders-lookalike (without sweater) is also seen in the last pew next to the wall.
Season 16 References
Treehouse of Horror XV All's Fair in Oven War Sleeping with the Enemy She Used to Be My Girl Fat Man and Little Boy Midnight Rx Mommie Beerest Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass Pranksta Rap There's Something About Marrying On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister Goo Goo Gai Pan Mobile Homer The Seven-Beer Snitch Future-Drama Don't Fear the Roofer The Heartbroke Kid A Star Is Torn Thank God It's Doomsday Home Away from Homer The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star