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Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Ving Rhames and Bruce Willis, among others.

References to Pulp Fiction in The Simpsons

Episodes

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
6	110	"Bart's Girlfriend"	When Bart and Jessica Lovejoy commit mischief together, the soundtrack plays a melody very similar to Misirlou by Dick Dale and his Del-Tones, better known as the opening theme of Pulp Fiction.
7	149	"22 Short Films About Springfield"	The episode has a number of major references to Quentin Tarantino film, Pulp Fiction: Like Pulp Fiction, the episode's plot is episodic and interconnected. When the scene cuts to Wiggum, Lou and Eddie eating in a diner, the music quotes from Misirlou, the opening theme from the film. Wiggum, Lou and Eddie talk about the difference between Krusty Burger and McDonald's, which parallels the famous hamburger discussion Vincent Vega and Jules Winfield hold at the start of the film. The characters are also in a diner, much like the opening scene when the characters Honeybunny and Pumpkin decide to rob the diner. The whole of the Chief Wiggum, Snake and Herman plot is based on the "Gold Watch" segment of the film. Numerous shots are almost identical to the film, like when Wiggum crosses the street and Snake hits him with his car in a panick. When Wiggum and Snake fight each other and enter Herman's weapon store, they are both caught and imprisoned in Herman's cellar, again like in Pulp Fiction. Herman even mentions that "Zed will be coming soon", a character from the movie.
8	166	"Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"	In the cartoon "Reservoir Cats", Itchy and Scratchy dance in a manner similar to the dance in Pulp Fiction. The song that plays during the dance is "Misirlou" by Dick Dale, the theme song for Pulp Fiction. The film's director, Quentin Tarantino, has a cameo (voiced by an impersonator).
11	234	"Take My Wife, Sleaze"	The dance contest at a 1950s-themed restaurant is similar to the one in the movie.
12	250	"A Tale of Two Springfields"	The scene with Homer, Lenny and Carl having lunch in the nuclear power plant has a reference to the movie Pulp Fiction. While writing the new area code on his hand, Homer complains that he already has enough things to remember and a close-up of his hand shows the writing "Lenny White, Carl Black." This is a reference to the second last scene in Pulp Fiction, in which The Wolf is called to help resolve a problem. On a pad of paper before he meets up with Vincent and Jules, he writes "Vincent-White, Jules-Black" in order to distinguish between the two.
22	480	"A Midsummer's Nice Dreams"	Uma Thurman dances with Kent parodying the famous dance scene from Pulp Fiction.
24	526	"Pulpit Friction"	The episode title is a reference to the movie Pulp Fiction.
25	546	"You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee"	A suitcase with shining contents is carried by gangsters, much like when Vincent and Jules have to pick up Marsellus' mysterious shining suitcase.

The Simpsons Movie

Picture	Reference
	Homer imitates John Travolta's iconic dance moves during the Medicine Woman scene.

Special guest voices

Name	Role in Pulp Fiction	Role on The Simpsons
Steve Buscemi	Plays "Buddy Holly" the waiter in Jack Rabbit's Slim's restaurant.	Voiced himself in "Brake My Wife, Please" and Dwight Diddlehopper in "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".
Phil LaMarr	Marvin	Voiced Hermes Conrad in the Futurama crossover episode "Simpsorama" and the auctioneer and male party guest in "The Great Phatsby: Part One".
Kathy Griffin	Plays witness who helps Marcellus Wallace after Butch hits him with a car.	Voiced Francine in Bye, Bye, Nerdie.

External links

Pulp Fiction at Wikipedia

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