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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode's title is a reference to the 1986 Disney movie, ''{{w|The Great Mouse Detective}}''.
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*The episode's title is a reference to the 1986 Disney movie, ''{{W|The Great Mouse Detective}}''.
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*The face change made to [[Tom Brokaw]] is a reference to the movie ''{{W|Face/Off}}.''
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*The use of [[Sideshow Bob]] as a profiler and his maximum security detention is a reference to the film ''{{W2|The Silence of the Lambs|film}}''.
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*[[Sideshow Bob]] cites [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''{{W|The Tragedy of Julius Caesar}}'' as soon as the preparation of the lure puppet is complete.
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*The way to celebrate ''{{W|Mardi Gras}}'' with floats, parade, disguises and many people is a typical {{W|New Orleans}} celebration party.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*Frank Grime's gravestone appears to look different from "[[Homer's Enemy]]" and "[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]".
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*Frank Grimes' gravestone appears to look different from "[[Homer's Enemy]]" and "[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]".
 
*This is the fourth digitally colored episode, but all episodes after this have used digital coloring.
 
*This is the fourth digitally colored episode, but all episodes after this have used digital coloring.
 
*[[Chief Wiggum]] has an unsolved [[Rubik's Cube]] on his desk.
 
*[[Chief Wiggum]] has an unsolved [[Rubik's Cube]] on his desk.
 
*[[Sideshow Bob]] references ''Frasier'' by saying Frasier's catchphrase, "Dear God!"
 
*[[Sideshow Bob]] references ''Frasier'' by saying Frasier's catchphrase, "Dear God!"
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*In the [[FXX]] version, the scene where Homer says "Oooh! We're up so high!" was removed.
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*The motto on the [[Wiggum]] badge "''To protect and serve"'' is the motto of the {{W|Los Angeles Police Department}} (LAPD).
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
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*At the beginning of the episode, [[Marge]] sets a new "personal best" vacuuming record and finds that she's accidentally vacuumed up [[Maggie]]. In the comic story ''[[Maggie's Crib 20]]'', household chores (in this case, bath time) also result in Maggie going missing.
 
*At the beginning of the episode, [[Marge]] sets a new "personal best" vacuuming record and finds that she's accidentally vacuumed up [[Maggie]]. In the comic story ''[[Maggie's Crib 20]]'', household chores (in this case, bath time) also result in Maggie going missing.
 
*Marge says that she will never go to [[Paris]]. [[Bart]] has gone to the city in "[[The Crepes of Wrath]]" and the whole family later goes in "[[Bart-Mangled Banner]]".
 
*Marge says that she will never go to [[Paris]]. [[Bart]] has gone to the city in "[[The Crepes of Wrath]]" and the whole family later goes in "[[Bart-Mangled Banner]]".
*When [[Sideshow Bob]] gets shocked, his hair becomes like a Afro, just like how he looked like in his first appearance in "[[The Telltale Head]]"
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*When [[Sideshow Bob]] gets shocked, his hair becomes like a Afro, just like how he looked like in his first appearance in "[[The Telltale Head]]"
 
*Homer covers his face with a curtain and yells "Don't look at me!" This is exactly the same response Marge's father gave in the episode "Fear of Flying", when Marge discovered he was a flight steward. Marge's father even tried to cover his face with his apron.
 
*Homer covers his face with a curtain and yells "Don't look at me!" This is exactly the same response Marge's father gave in the episode "Fear of Flying", when Marge discovered he was a flight steward. Marge's father even tried to cover his face with his apron.
 
*Homer's list of people who want him dead includes:
 
*Homer's list of people who want him dead includes:
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**The Emperor of Japan, Homer threw him into a bin of sumo thongs in "[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]".
 
**The Emperor of Japan, Homer threw him into a bin of sumo thongs in "[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]".
 
**[[Fat Tony]], Tony tried to kill Homer in "[[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]" and "[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]".
 
**[[Fat Tony]], Tony tried to kill Homer in "[[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]" and "[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]".
**[[Stephen Hawking]], Homer annoyed Hawking in "[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]].
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**[[Stephen Hawking]], Homer annoyed Hawking in "[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]".
 
**[[George Bush Sr.]], Homer and Bush had a rivalry in "[[Two Bad Neighbors]]".
 
**[[George Bush Sr.]], Homer and Bush had a rivalry in "[[Two Bad Neighbors]]".
 
**[[PBS]], Homer tried to con PBS in "[[Missionary: Impossible]]".
 
**[[PBS]], Homer tried to con PBS in "[[Missionary: Impossible]]".
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== Goofs ==
 
== Goofs ==
*In the scene where Homer and Bob are chasing Frank Grimes Jr. you can see his cape fall off. Then you see Homer and Bob again. But when you see Junior again, he is still wearing his cape. Then, when he turns into the alley his cape is gone again.
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*In the scene where Homer and Bob are chasing Frank Grimes Jr., you can see his cape fall off. Then you see Homer and Bob again. But when you see Junior again, he is still wearing his cape. Then, when he turns into the alley his cape is gone again.
 
*After Moe's pickle jar gets shot, there is a shot that goes to the wall and slowly looks at each picture. When we first see it, there are 6 pictures shown. 2 larger ones on the right side, and 4 smaller pictures vertically down the left side. The picture in question is the large one in the bottom right corner. Originally, it is Moe in Egypt with the jar, and then when they do all the close up pictures, it suddenly changes to a picture of Moe and his jar laying on the beach.
 
*After Moe's pickle jar gets shot, there is a shot that goes to the wall and slowly looks at each picture. When we first see it, there are 6 pictures shown. 2 larger ones on the right side, and 4 smaller pictures vertically down the left side. The picture in question is the large one in the bottom right corner. Originally, it is Moe in Egypt with the jar, and then when they do all the close up pictures, it suddenly changes to a picture of Moe and his jar laying on the beach.
  

Latest revision as of 01:59, October 16, 2021

References/Trivia


Season 14 Episode References
296 "Helter Shelter"
297
"The Great Louse Detective"
"Special Edna" 298


Cultural references[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Continuity[edit]

Goofs[edit]

  • In the scene where Homer and Bob are chasing Frank Grimes Jr., you can see his cape fall off. Then you see Homer and Bob again. But when you see Junior again, he is still wearing his cape. Then, when he turns into the alley his cape is gone again.
  • After Moe's pickle jar gets shot, there is a shot that goes to the wall and slowly looks at each picture. When we first see it, there are 6 pictures shown. 2 larger ones on the right side, and 4 smaller pictures vertically down the left side. The picture in question is the large one in the bottom right corner. Originally, it is Moe in Egypt with the jar, and then when they do all the close up pictures, it suddenly changes to a picture of Moe and his jar laying on the beach.
Season 14 References
Treehouse of Horror XIII How I Spent My Strummer Vacation Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade Large Marge Helter Shelter The Great Louse Detective Special Edna The Dad Who Knew Too Little The Strong Arms of the Ma Pray Anything Barting Over I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can A Star Is Born Again Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington C.E. D'oh 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky Three Gays of the Condo Dude, Where's My Ranch? Old Yeller-Belly Brake My Wife, Please The Bart of War Moe Baby Blues