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Difference between revisions of "Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind/References"

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== Cultural References ==
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== Cultural references ==
 
*The story's title is a pun on the 1977 sci-fi film ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''.
 
*The story's title is a pun on the 1977 sci-fi film ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''.
 
*While [[Lisa]] is playing with her dolls:
 
*While [[Lisa]] is playing with her dolls:
**She has [[Malibu Stacy]] tend to a sick pony, calling her "Doctor Malibu Stacy Medicine Woman", a reference to the 1990s TV series ''{{w|Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman}}''.
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**She has [[Malibu Stacy]] tend to a sick pony, calling her "Doctor Malibu Stacy Medicine Woman", a reference to the 1990s TV series ''{{W|Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman}}''.
 
**She finds that [[Bart]] has pranked Malibu Stacy by switching her head for a monkey's head and exclaims in dismay, "A ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' head on Malibu Stacy?"
 
**She finds that [[Bart]] has pranked Malibu Stacy by switching her head for a monkey's head and exclaims in dismay, "A ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' head on Malibu Stacy?"
 
*[[Homer]] and Bart watch a [[FOX]] TV show called ''When Cartoon Animals Attack Other Cartoon Animals'', a reference to ''[[When Animals Attack!]]''.
 
*[[Homer]] and Bart watch a [[FOX]] TV show called ''When Cartoon Animals Attack Other Cartoon Animals'', a reference to ''[[When Animals Attack!]]''.
 
*When Bart is playing with the controls on [[Kang]]'s and [[Kodos]]'s [[UFO|ship]]:
 
*When Bart is playing with the controls on [[Kang]]'s and [[Kodos]]'s [[UFO|ship]]:
**He zaps [[David Hasselhoff]] while he's performing "{{w|Hooked on a Feeling}}" for Oktoberfest.
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**He zaps [[David Hasselhoff]] while he's performing "{{W|Hooked on a Feeling}}" for Oktoberfest.
**He presses a button which activates the "{{w|Crop circle|Crop Circle Ray}}" and draws a {{w|peace symbol}} in [[Otto]]'s herb garden.
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**He presses a button which activates the "{{W|Crop circle|Crop Circle Ray}}" and draws a {{W|peace symbol}} in [[Otto]]'s herb garden.
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
* The [[El Barto]] and [[El Grampo]] graffiti tags are seen on a "Welcome to [[Springfield]]" sign when Kang and Kodos arrive in town.
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*The [[El Barto]] and [[El Grampo]] graffiti tags are seen on a "Welcome to [[Springfield]]" sign when Kang and Kodos arrive in town.
* When Bart is playing with the controls on the aliens' ship, he inadvertently uses the "cow-defacing gun" to leave the El Barto tag on a cow.
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*When Bart is playing with the controls on the aliens' ship, he inadvertently uses the "cow-defacing gun" to leave the El Barto tag on a cow.
* Kodos says to Kang, "I'm sending this one [Bart] back. Unless you want to eat him?" Bart defiantly says, "[[Eat my shorts!]]"
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*Kodos says to Kang, "I'm sending this one [Bart] back. Unless you want to eat him?" Bart defiantly says, "[[Eat my shorts!]]"
  
 
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[[Category:Continuity]]
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[[Category:Bart Simpson comics stories references]]

Latest revision as of 18:42, October 15, 2021

References/Trivia


Cultural references[edit]

Continuity[edit]

  • The El Barto and El Grampo graffiti tags are seen on a "Welcome to Springfield" sign when Kang and Kodos arrive in town.
  • When Bart is playing with the controls on the aliens' ship, he inadvertently uses the "cow-defacing gun" to leave the El Barto tag on a cow.
  • Kodos says to Kang, "I'm sending this one [Bart] back. Unless you want to eat him?" Bart defiantly says, "Eat my shorts!"