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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a possible reference to the 1996 comedy film ''{{W|The Birdcage}}''.
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*The title of the episode is a reference to the 1996 comedy film ''{{W|The Birdcage}}''.
*A {{w|Villanova Wildcats men's basketball}} team member is seen in the title screen and [[Bart]] writes about them needing to win or they'd lose everything on the blackboard.  
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*The [[The Burns Cage/Gags#Chalkboard gag|chalkboard gag]] on [[Villanova]] needing to win or they'd lose everything is a reference to {{W|Villanova Wildcats men's basketball}} team playing for the championship in the {{W|2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament}} the night after the episode first aired which the team did ultimately win.
*The song ''{{W|This Guy's in Love with You}}'' by {{W|Herb Alpert}} plays after [[Smithers]] and [[Mr. Burns]] land from the parachute jump.
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*The song "{{W|This Guy's in Love with You}}" by {{W|Herb Alpert}} plays after [[Smithers]] and [[Mr. Burns]] land from the parachute jump.
*The song ''{{W|Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)|Celebration}}'' by {{W|Kool & The Gang}} plays when [[Smithers]] is dating [[Julio]].
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*As [[Smithers]] walks down the corridor of the Executive Suite, he passes by versions of a number of paintings, but with Mr. Burns replacing the persons originally depicted:
*The [[Springfield Elementary School|school]] is doing a play of ''{{w|Casablanca (film)|Casablanca}}'', and will do ''{{w|Equus (play)|Equus}}'' or ''{{w|Top Gun}}'' the next day.
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*[[Homer]] uses Grinder to find a lover for [[Smithers]], a reference to {{w|Grindr}}.
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File:Vladimir Putin reference.png|[[Vladimir Putin]] shirtless on horseback
*[[Comic Book Guy]] wears a {{w|Hello Kitty}} costume.
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File:Nude Descending a Staircase reference.png|''{{W|Nude Descending a Staircase}}'' ({{W|Duchamp}})
*[[Milhouse]] lists co-stars couples that fell in love:
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File:Liberty Leading the People reference.png|''{{W|Liberty Leading the People}}'' ({{W|Eugène Delacroix|Delacroix}})
**{{w|Brad Pitt}} and {{w|Angelina Jolie}}
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File:Grande Odalisque reference.png|''{{W|Grande Odalisque}}'' ({{W|Ingres}})
**{{w|Kermit the Frog|Kermit}} and {{w|Miss Piggy}}
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File:And the Gold of their Bodies reference.png|''{{W|wikidata:Q17491350|Et l'or de leur corps}}'' ({{W|Paul Gauguin|Gauguin}})
**{{w|List_of_The_Brady_Bunch_characters#Carol_Brady|Miss Brady}} and {{w|List_of_The_Brady_Bunch_characters#Greg_Brady|Greg}}.
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File:Les Demoiselles D'Avignon reference.png|''{{W|Les Demoiselles D'Avignon}}'' ([[Picasso]])
*Tom Collins' name is a reference to the cocktail of the {{w|Tom Collins|same name}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Rlazebnik/status/716780724821438466 Rob LaZebnik's Twitter]</ref>
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File:L'Homme qui marche I reference.png|''{{W|L'Homme qui marche I}}'' ({{W|Alberto Giacometti}})
*Bart gets [[Comic Book Guy]] to buy a half-page advert in the playbook by telling him that Sam will play "{{W|As Time Goes By (song)|As Time Goes By}}" with [[Hulk]] hands. Martin is later seen trying to play the piano with [[Hulk]] hands.
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==Trivia==
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*The song "[[Waiting for You]]" by Smithers includes references to nuclear power plants: He mentions uranium isotope {{W|Uranium-234|U-234}}, {{W|fission}} and makes a reference to {{W|nuclear decommissioning}} and {{W|nuclear meltdown}}.
*''The Simpsons'' logo appears over the clouds when [[Smithers]] and [[Mr. Burns]] were parachuting.
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*Smithers refers to [[Homer]], [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] as [[The Three Stooges|Larry, Moe and Curly]], and then the three start acting like them.
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*The [[Springfield Elementary School|school]] is doing a play of ''[[Casablanca]]'', and will do ''{{W2|Equus|play}}'' or ''{{W|Top Gun}}'' the next day. During the ''Casablanca'' audition:
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**Two kids are seen carrying {{W|Rick's Café}}, the principal set of the film.
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**A poster of ''Casablanca'' can also be seen.
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**[[Lisa]] got the role of [[Ilsa Lund]] and [[Milhouse]] wanted to get the role of [[Rick Blaine]] (which was later given to [[Jack Deforest]]) as he was hoping that he and Lisa could fall in love. Milhouse lists co-stars couples that fell in love: [[Brad Pitt]] and [[Angelina Jolie]], [[Kermit]] and [[Miss Piggy]] and {{W|List of The Brady Bunch characters#Carol Brady|Miss Brady}} and {{W|List of The Brady Bunch characters#Greg Brady|Greg}}.
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*Carl says "De nada" to Lenny, which means "Your welcome" in Spanish.
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*Homer uses "[[Grinder]]" to find a lover for Smithers, a parody of {{W|Grindr}}, a homosexual geosocial app.
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**{{Ch|George Takei}} is on the app. Back in 2005 Takei {{W|George Takei#Private life|revealed}} he was gay in a magazine and he is now a known proponent of {{W|LGBT rights}}.
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**Takei makes a pun on {{W|Klingon}} from ''[[Star Trek]]'' when he says "I don't care for people who ''cling on''".
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*The trucker at [[Moe's]] is wearing a {{W|Peterbilt}} cap. Peterbilt is an American truck manufacturer.
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*Bart gets [[Comic Book Guy]] to buy a half-page advert in the playbook by telling him that Sam (the ''Casablanca'' character portrayed by {{W|Dooley Wilson}}) will play "{{W2|As Time Goes By|song}}" with [[Hulk]] hands. Martin is later seen trying to play the piano with Hulk hands.
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[[File:Comic Book Guy wearing a Hello Kitty costume.png|300px|thumb|[[Comic Book Guy]] wears a {{W|Hello Kitty}} costume]]
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*Comic Book Guy wears a {{W|Hello Kitty}} costume.
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*At the ''Casablanca'' dress rehearsal Lisa is dressed as Ilsa Lund, Jack Deforest as Rick Blaine, [[Nelson]] as Captain Louis Renault, [[Üter]] as Signor Ferrari, [[Nina Skalka]] as the guitar player (portrayed by {{W|Corinna Mura}}), and [[Ralph]] as Signor Ugarte.
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**Ralph says "You despise me, don't you?", one of the phrases from the film.
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*Ralph mentions {{W|Fiji Water}} when he gets in a locker.
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*When Milhouse finally got the role of Rick Blaine, he questions why the Nazis would respect the "letters of transit" signed by {{W|Charles de Gaulle}}. These fictitious letters were a key element of the film.
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*[[Tom Collins]]' name is a reference to the cocktail of the {{W|Tom Collins|same name}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Rlazebnik/status/716780724821438466 Rob LaZebnik's Twitter]</ref>
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**George Takei wonders if Tom Collins would like to hear about horror stories of him working with [[Bill Shatner]]. Bill Shatner is well known for portraying Captain [[James T. Kirk]] in ''Star Trek'', the series in which Takei portrayed [[Hikaru Sulu]].
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*The song "{{W2|Celebration|Kool & the Gang song}}" by [[Kool & the Gang]] plays when Smithers is dating [[Julio Franco]].
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*Three people were checking on [[The Hounds|Mr. Burns' hounds]]. They were wearing "PEtA" T-shirts, a referenceto to "{{W|People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PeTA}}", an American animal rights organization.
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[[File:The Aviator parody scene.png|300px|thumb|[[Mr. Burns]] and [[Smithers]] fly on a {{W|Sikorsky S-38}} in the night of [[Springfield]] just like [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and [[Cate Blanchett]] did in the 2004 film ''{{W2|The Aviator|2004 film}}'']]
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*The scene in which Smithers is on a plane with Burns flying in the night of [[Springfield]] is a reference to ''{{W2|The Aviator|2004 film}}''. In that film scene [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] (as {{W|Howard Hughes}}) invited [[Cate Blanchett]] (as [[Katharine Hepburn]]) to fly in his {{W|Sikorsky S-38}} when he first met her. That same scene soundtrack, "{{W2|Moonglow|song}}" by [[Benny Goodman]], was used in this episode scene.
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*The sign in [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] that says "Our Castro district is much different than yours" is alluding to the {{W|Castro District, San Francisco|Castro District}} of [[San Francisco]].
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*In Smithers' visit to Havana, the mural ''Muerte al Señor Burns'' (''Death to Mr. Burns'') is a reference to the real-world ''Huye {{W|Fulgencio Batista|Batista}}'' mural [https://i0.wp.com/jovencuba.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/revolucion-cubana-pensamiento.jpg?fit=1024%2C488&ssl=1] from 1959.
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*[[Chalmers]] compares Milhouse to a "young {{W|Noah Wyle}}".
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*Mr. Burns took an [[Uber]] to get to [[Luigi's]]. He thought Uber was a "''Wehrmacht'' staff car". ''{{W|Wehrmacht}}'' was the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany. Eventually, the car was a {{W|Prius}}.
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*"{{W2|As Time Goes By|song}}" can be heard when Burns and Smithers hug.
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*A lifetime [[Broadway]] pass can be seen on Mr. Burns' letter to get Smithers back.
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**Burns says he forgot to add a [[Starbucks]] card in the letter.
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*The montage at the end showing [[Moe]], [[Jack Deforest|Jack]] and [[Groundskeeper Willie]] on a journey for gold is a reference to ''{{W2|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre|film}}''. Moe mentions a "Bogart kid", a reference to [[Humphrey Bogart]], who was a protagonist in that film.
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**The image of [[Moe]] with a noose around his neck and standing on the shoulders of a boy is a reference to the pivotal scene, revealed in flashback, in ''{{W|Once Upon a Time in the West}}''.
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**The image of [[Lisa]] and Jack on The African Queen boat is a reference to the film ''{{W2|The African Queen|film}}''.
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*The main theme of ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', composed by {{W|Max Steiner}}, can be heard during the credits.
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== Trivia ==
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*''The Simpsons'' logo appears over the clouds when Smithers and Mr. Burns were parachuting.
 
*[[Rob LaZebnik]] told in an interview that the inspiration for this episode came from his relationship with his homosexual son, Johnny LaZebnik, who came out during high school.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/simpsons-character-smithers-to-come-out-as-gay-in-new-episode-20160402 Rolling Stone - 'Simpsons' Character Smithers to Come Out as Gay in New Episode]</ref>
 
*[[Rob LaZebnik]] told in an interview that the inspiration for this episode came from his relationship with his homosexual son, Johnny LaZebnik, who came out during high school.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/simpsons-character-smithers-to-come-out-as-gay-in-new-episode-20160402 Rolling Stone - 'Simpsons' Character Smithers to Come Out as Gay in New Episode]</ref>
  
==Goofs==
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== Continuity ==
*The opera to be played the next day after ''{{w|Casablanca}}'' changes between scenes from ''{{w|Equus (play)|Equus}}'' to ''{{w|Top Gun}}''.
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*[[Vladimir Putin]] on horseback was previously seen in "[[Treehouse of Horror XXVI]]".
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== Goofs ==
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*The banner of the opera to be played the next day after ''[[Casablanca]]'' changes between scenes from ''{{W2|Equus|play}}'' to ''{{W|Top Gun}}''.
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*At the Licenses Bureau, it's possible to see for a fraction of a second that the lady gives Smithers and Julio a Marriage License, but later it's a fishing license.
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*[[Janey Powell]] calls herself "Jacqueline Jones" in this episode.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 10:16, April 14, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 27 Episode References
590 "The Marge-ian Chronicles"
591
"The Burns Cage"
"How Lisa Got Her Marge Back" 592


Cultural references[edit]

Comic Book Guy wears a Hello Kitty costume
  • Comic Book Guy wears a Hello Kitty costume.
  • At the Casablanca dress rehearsal Lisa is dressed as Ilsa Lund, Jack Deforest as Rick Blaine, Nelson as Captain Louis Renault, Üter as Signor Ferrari, Nina Skalka as the guitar player (portrayed by Corinna Mura), and Ralph as Signor Ugarte.
    • Ralph says "You despise me, don't you?", one of the phrases from the film.
  • Ralph mentions Fiji Water when he gets in a locker.
  • When Milhouse finally got the role of Rick Blaine, he questions why the Nazis would respect the "letters of transit" signed by Charles de Gaulle. These fictitious letters were a key element of the film.
  • Tom Collins' name is a reference to the cocktail of the same name.[1]
    • George Takei wonders if Tom Collins would like to hear about horror stories of him working with Bill Shatner. Bill Shatner is well known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek, the series in which Takei portrayed Hikaru Sulu.
  • The song "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang plays when Smithers is dating Julio Franco.
  • Three people were checking on Mr. Burns' hounds. They were wearing "PEtA" T-shirts, a referenceto to "PeTA", an American animal rights organization.
Mr. Burns and Smithers fly on a Sikorsky S-38 in the night of Springfield just like Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett did in the 2004 film The Aviator

Trivia[edit]

  • The Simpsons logo appears over the clouds when Smithers and Mr. Burns were parachuting.
  • Rob LaZebnik told in an interview that the inspiration for this episode came from his relationship with his homosexual son, Johnny LaZebnik, who came out during high school.[2]

Continuity[edit]

Goofs[edit]

  • The banner of the opera to be played the next day after Casablanca changes between scenes from Equus to Top Gun.
  • At the Licenses Bureau, it's possible to see for a fraction of a second that the lady gives Smithers and Julio a Marriage License, but later it's a fishing license.
  • Janey Powell calls herself "Jacqueline Jones" in this episode.

References[edit]


Season 27 References
Every Man's Dream 'Cue Detective Puffless Halloween of Horror Treehouse of Horror XXVI Friend with Benefit Lisa with an "S" 'Paths of Glory Barthood The Girl Code Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles Much Apu About Something Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4 Gal of Constant Sorrow Lisa the Veterinarian The Marge-ian Chronicles The Burns Cage How Lisa Got Her Marge Back Fland Canyon To Courier with Love Simprovised Orange Is the New Yellow