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==Cultural References==
The title is a reference to the 2005 film ''The Squid and the Whale''.
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*The title is a reference to the 2005 film [[wikipedia:The_Squid_and_the_Whale|''The Squid and the Whale'']].
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*[[Chief Wiggum]] and the police attempt to dispose of the dead blue whale by blowing it up.  They end up scattering chunks of blubber all over the place where they land on people and cars -- making a big mess, but not having much effect on the whale.  This is a reference to the real-life "[[wikipedia:Exploding_whale|exploding whale]]" incident, which occurred in Florence, Oregon in 1970.  The Oregon Highway Division tried to blow up a dead beached sperm whale and achieved results smilar to Wiggum's.
  
 
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Cultural References

  • The title is a reference to the 2005 film The Squid and the Whale.
  • Chief Wiggum and the police attempt to dispose of the dead blue whale by blowing it up. They end up scattering chunks of blubber all over the place where they land on people and cars -- making a big mess, but not having much effect on the whale. This is a reference to the real-life "exploding whale" incident, which occurred in Florence, Oregon in 1970. The Oregon Highway Division tried to blow up a dead beached sperm whale and achieved results smilar to Wiggum's.

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