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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The title is possibly either a reference to either of three:
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*The title is wordplay on the idiom "penny wise and pound foolish" and the term "wiseguy". The former refers to obsessing over penny pinching while losing track of bigger, more obvious cuts, while the latter refers to a made member of the mafia.
**[[Jon Vitti]], who used the pseudonym, [[Penny Wise]], several times.
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**[[Jon Vitti]] also has used the pseudonym [[Penny Wise]] in reference to this idiom on some episodes.
**{{W|Pennywise (band)|Pennywise}}, a punk rock band.
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*The [[chalkboard gag]] is a reference to people in various states starting petitions about their states' seceding from the USA, in protest of the results of the [[2012]] [[President of the USA|presidential]] elections.
**Pennywise, a monster in [[Stephen King]]'s {{W|It (novel)|''It''}}.
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*[[Otto]] mentions "Bridge to Terabithia" which is a reference to a {{W2|Bridge to Terabithia|novel|novel}} and {{W2|Bridge to Terabithia|2007 film|movie}} of the same name.
**The term {{w|Made man|wiseguy}} also refers to a fully initiated member of the Mafia.
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*[[Dan Gillick]] did an MBA at {{W|Wharton School}}, the business school of the {{W|University of Pennsylvania}}.
[[File:Penny-Wiseguys chalkboard gag.jpg|thumb]]
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*The [[Springfield Elementary School]] band is playing the {{W|Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2}} by {{W|Franz Liszt}}, specifically the ''{{W|A capriccio|lento a capriccio}}'' tempo.
*The [[chalkboard gag]] is a reference to people in various states starting petitions about their states' seceding from the USA, in protest of the results of the [[2012]] [[President of the USA| presidential]] elections.
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**[[Bart]] remarks that the music was "a {{W|Bugs Bunny}}", referring to the 1946 animated short film ''{{W|Rhapsody Rabbit}}'' which featured the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
*[[Dr. Hibbert]] mentions {{Ch|Justin Bieber}}.
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**[[Homer]] is hit by a falling anvil, a typical gag from the ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
*Otto mentions "Bridge to Terabithia" which is a reference to a {{w|Bridge to Terabithia (novel)|novel}} and {{w|Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film)|movie}} of the same name.
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*The {{W|Avian influenza}} is referenced in the [[Springfield General Hospital]] sign.
*The organ music that plays during the courtroom scenes is from the {{w|Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582}} by {{w|Johann Sebastian Bach}}.
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*[[Dr. Hibbert]] though [[Lisa]] fainted because {{Ch|Justin Bieber}} was in the audience.
*The music that plays during the insectivores' meal is {{w|The Flower Duet}} from the opera Lakme by Leo Delibes.
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*The quote by Dan about the mafia putting a horse's head in someone's bed is a reference to famous horsehead scene in ''[[The Godfather]]''.
*The music that plays over the beginning of the closing credits is from {{w|Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2}} by {{w|Franz Liszt}}.
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*Lisa mentions [[The Beatles]] member [[Paul McCartney]], while [[Lunchlady Dora]] said she had slept with [[John Lennon]].
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*[[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] were discussing the work ''{{W2|Poetics|Aristotle}}'' by Greek philosopher {{W|Aristotle}}.
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*The music that plays during the [[Springfield Insectivorian Society]]'s meal is the "{{W|Flower Duet}}" from the opera ''{{W|Lakmé}}'' by {{W|Léo Delibes}}.
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*[[Luigi]] is angry the mafia is always meeting at [[Luigi's|his restaurant]] and would like them to meet at {{W|Applebee's}} instead.
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[[File:Snowball II and Higgs bosons.png|300px|thumb|[[Snowball II]] accidentally drops {{W|Higgs boson}}s into [[Lisa]]'s grasshopper farm]]
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*[[Snowball II]] accidentally drops {{W|Higgs boson}}s into Lisa's grasshopper farm, making them come alive. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle, usually called the "God particle" by the media.
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*[[Fat Tony]] has a cousin working at {{W|Wall Street}}.
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*The store [[Restoration Software]] is a parody of {{W|Restoration Hardware}} while [[Coffee Hut]] parodies {{W|Pizza Hut}}.
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*The ''AFI Presents the 100 Greatest Movie Screams'' is a parody of the {{W|AFI 100 Years... series}} by the {{W|American Film Institute}} (AFI).
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**One of the screams is from ''{{W|Teen Wolf Too}}'', a 1987 fantasy comedy film.
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**Three screams are from the 2000 slasher film ''{{W|Scream 3}}''.
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*When Bart told his father he could train to become a director in Disney's Minority Program, Homer replied "have fun getting coffee for Roy Disney the Third". Homer is referring to Roy Patrick Disney, the son of {{W|Roy E. Disney}} and grandson of {{W|Roy O. Disney}}, co-founder of [[Disney]].
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*Homer mentions the 1975 film ''{{W2|The Day of the Locust|film}}'' when he saves Dan from the grasshoppers.
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*The organ music that plays during the courtroom scenes is from the {{W|Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582}} by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]].
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*[[Johnny Tightlips]] digs wells in {{W|Darfur}}, [[Sudan]] on vacation.
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*[[Louie]] is watching the {{W|Final Jeopardy!}} round from the American game show ''{{W|Jeopardy!}}''. Louie also critizes [[Alex Trebek]], one of the show hosts.
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*Part of "{{W|Gee, Officer Krupke}}" from the 1957 musical ''{{W|West Side Story}}'' plays during the closing credits.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
*[[Hyman Krustofsky]], the only member of the [[Holy Rollers]] bowling team that is not Christian, is the one who makes the sign of the cross on himself.
 
*[[Hyman Krustofsky]], the only member of the [[Holy Rollers]] bowling team that is not Christian, is the one who makes the sign of the cross on himself.
*In the [[title screen gag]], [[Homer]] is shown panting and flying and flapping his arms as [[King-Size Homer]].
 
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
 
*Lisa mentions that she promised {{Ch|Paul McCartney}} that she wouldn't eat any meat. ("[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]")
 
*Lisa mentions that she promised {{Ch|Paul McCartney}} that she wouldn't eat any meat. ("[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]")
*The [[Holy Rollers]] and the [[Pin Pals]] appear. "[[Team Homer]]"
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*The [[Holy Rollers]] and the [[Pin Pals]] appear. ("[[Team Homer]]")
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*In the [[title screen gag]], [[Homer]] is shown panting, flapping and flying his arms as "[[King-Size Homer]]".
  
 
{{Season 24|R}}
 
{{Season 24|R}}

Latest revision as of 16:33, October 15, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 24 Episode References
512 "Gone Abie Gone"
513
"Penny-Wiseguys"
"A Tree Grows in Springfield" 514


Cultural references[edit]

Snowball II accidentally drops Higgs bosons into Lisa's grasshopper farm

Trivia[edit]

  • Hyman Krustofsky, the only member of the Holy Rollers bowling team that is not Christian, is the one who makes the sign of the cross on himself.

Continuity[edit]

Season 24 References
Moonshine River Treehouse of Horror XXIII Adventures in Baby-Getting Gone Abie Gone Penny-Wiseguys A Tree Grows in Springfield The Day the Earth Stood Cool To Cur, with Love Homer Goes to Prep School A Test Before Trying The Changing of the Guardian Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing Hardly Kirk-ing Gorgeous Grampa Black-Eyed, Please Dark Knight Court What Animated Women Want Pulpit Friction Whiskey Business The Fabulous Faker Boy The Saga of Carl Dangers on a Train