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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the 1989 film ''{{w|The Fabulous Baker Boys}}''.
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*The episode title is a reference to the 1989 film ''{{W|The Fabulous Baker Boys}}''.
*The [[billboard gag]] ("If you haven't sent your mother flowers, it's too darn late!") is a reference to the episode's original airdate (May 12, 2013) being {{w|Mother's Day}}.
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*The [[billboard gag]] ("If you haven't sent your mother flowers, it's too darn late!") is a reference to the episode's original airdate (May 12, 2013) being {{W|Mother's Day}}.
*The song Zhenya sings on-top of the piano in Bart's dream is a Russian translation of {{w|Walter Donaldson}}'s and {{w|Gus Kahn}}'s "{{w|Makin' Whoopee}}".
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*The episode's [[Robot Chicken couch gag|couch gag]] is based on the American adult stop motion-animated sketch comedy television series ''{{W|Robot Chicken}}''.
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**[[Otto]] makes a reference to ''{{W|The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift}}'' when he is racing against [[Homer]].
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*A picture of former president [[Richard Nixon]] can be seen on [[Skinner]]'s office wall.
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*Skinner wants [[Bart]] to "be more {{W|Casper the Friendly Ghost}} and less ''{{W|Dennis the Menace and Gnasher}}''.
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*''[[America's Most Tattoed Baby]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|America's Most Talented Kid}}''.
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*[[Sideshow Mel]] plays the "{{W|Flight of the Bumblebee}}" on his {{W|slide whistle}}.
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[[File:Dune films.png|300px|thumb|Some references to the science fiction franchise ''[[Dune]]'' can be seen and heard at [[The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop]]]]
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*Some references to the science fiction franchise ''[[Dune]]'' can be seen and heard at [[The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop]]:
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**''[[And Then There Were Dune]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|And Then There Were None}}''.
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**''[[Dune and Out in Beverly Hills]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Down and Out in Beverly Hills}}''.
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**''[[Dune, Where's My Car?]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Dude, Where's My Car?}}''.
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**Also, [[Comic Book Guy]] mentions the fictional instrument "{{W2|baliset|instrument}}" which {{W|Gurney Halleck}} masters in the ''Dune'' universe.
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*''[[Tonton in Paris]]'' is a reference to ''{{W|The Adventures of Tintin}}''.
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*[[Moe]] mentions having read the ''[[Babar the Elephant]]'' books when he was a kid and also mentions how Babar actually married his cousin Celeste.
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*[[Jimbo]] creates a {{W|Newton's cradle}} with [[Milhouse]], [[Martin]], [[Database]] and [[Cosine]] in the school's playground.
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*The song [[Zhenya]] sings on top of the piano in Bart's dream is a Russian translation of {{W|Walter Donaldson}}'s and {{W|Gus Kahn}}'s "{{W|Makin' Whoopee}}".
 
**The scene itself is a parody of the scene in ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' where [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] sings the song atop a piano.
 
**The scene itself is a parody of the scene in ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' where [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] sings the song atop a piano.
*At the talent show [[Ralph]] sings {{w|Leslie Bricusse}}'s and {{w|Anthony Newley}}'s "{{w|The Candy Man}}".
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**The {{W|Kremlin}} and {{W|Lenin's tomb}} can be seen.
*The song playing over the end credits is {{w|Frédéric Chopin}}'s "{{w|Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (Chopin)|Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53}}".
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*[[Slava]] makes many jokes including Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]].
*The song Bart plays during the school show is {{w|Frédéric Chopin}}'s "{{w|No 12 in C minor, Op 10 'Revolutionary'}}".
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*A sign saying "Free [[HBO]] with sanctuary" is seen at the [[Russian Embassy]].
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[[File:Beethoven and Mozart Ghosts.png|300px|thumb|The ghosts of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] are listening to Bart playing the piano]]
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*The ghosts of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] are listening to Bart playing the piano.
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**The piano solo Bart plays at the school show is {{W2|Étude Op. 10, No. 12|Chopin}} (also known as the "Revolutionary Étude") by {{W|Frédéric Chopin}}.
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*After asking Zhenya if she could teach [[Mr. Teeny]] how to play piano, [[Krusty]] mentions the {{W|Humane Society of the United States|Humane Society}}, which focuses on animal welfare and opposes animal-related cruelties of national scope.
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*Homer wonders if {{Ch|Patrick Stewart}} is his guardian angel and could turn a pumpkin into a chariot. This is a reference to ''[[Cinderella]]''. Homer also mentions the {{W|Toyota Camry}}.
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*At the talent show [[Ralph]] sings {{W|Leslie Bricusse}}'s and [[Anthony Newley]]'s "{{W|The Candy Man}}".
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*According to Slava, {{W|Russian dressing}} is just {{W|Thousand Island dressing}}. These are similar American salad dressing.
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*The piano composition playing over the end credits is {{W|Frédéric Chopin}}'s {{W|Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53}}.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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*In the piano lesson, [[Zhenya]] says 'Every Good Boris Deserves Fun' (a version of the mnemonic for the note names on the lines of a stave in treble clef), but she is seen to play, and we hear, "EGADF".
 
*In the piano lesson, [[Zhenya]] says 'Every Good Boris Deserves Fun' (a version of the mnemonic for the note names on the lines of a stave in treble clef), but she is seen to play, and we hear, "EGADF".
  
==Continuity==
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== Continuity ==
 
*[[Bart]] also used a recording when he played an instrument in ''[[Saxophony!]]''.
 
*[[Bart]] also used a recording when he played an instrument in ''[[Saxophony!]]''.
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Latest revision as of 10:37, August 21, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 24 Episode References
527 "Whiskey Business"
528
"The Fabulous Faker Boy"
"The Saga of Carl" 529


Cultural references[edit]

Some references to the science fiction franchise Dune can be seen and heard at The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop
The ghosts of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven are listening to Bart playing the piano

Trivia[edit]

  • In Latin America, this episode was released as the 18th episode of the season for unknown reasons.
  • Robert Thies played all the Chopin works for this episode. He was uncredited.
  • In the piano lesson, Zhenya says 'Every Good Boris Deserves Fun' (a version of the mnemonic for the note names on the lines of a stave in treble clef), but she is seen to play, and we hear, "EGADF".

Continuity[edit]

  • Bart also used a recording when he played an instrument in Saxophony!.
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