• Wikisimpsons needs more Featured Article, Picture, Quote, Episode and Comprehensive article nominations!
  • Wikisimpsons has a Discord server! Click here for your invite! Join to talk about the wiki, Simpsons and Tapped Out news, or just to talk to other users.
  • Make an account! It's easy, free, and your work on the wiki can be attributed to you.
TwitterFacebookDiscord

Difference between revisions of "Father Knows Worst/References"

Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
(Adding categories)
m (Cultural references: Fixes, typos fixed: bicep → biceps)
Line 5: Line 5:
  
 
== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*When Homer realizes that Marge is not worrying about the kids and therefore he has to, he says "Help me, Mayonaise", downs a quart of it, and flexes his bicep. This alludes to Popeye the Sailor who utters a similar sentiment about spinach just before downing a can of the same, then seeing his muscle mass of his arms instantly increase.
+
*When Homer realizes that Marge is not worrying about the kids and therefore he has to, he says "Help me, Mayonaise", downs a quart of it, and flexes his biceps. This alludes to Popeye the Sailor who utters a similar sentiment about spinach just before downing a can of the same, then seeing his muscle mass of his arms instantly increase.
*The title of this episode is a play on the title of the 1950's sitcom Father Knows Best.
+
*The title of this episode is a play on the title of the 1950s sitcom Father Knows Best.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==

Revision as of 18:44, December 23, 2010

References/Trivia


Season 20 Episode References
"The Good, the Sad and the Drugly"
438
"Father Knows Worst"
"Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" 439


Cultural references

  • When Homer realizes that Marge is not worrying about the kids and therefore he has to, he says "Help me, Mayonaise", downs a quart of it, and flexes his biceps. This alludes to Popeye the Sailor who utters a similar sentiment about spinach just before downing a can of the same, then seeing his muscle mass of his arms instantly increase.
  • The title of this episode is a play on the title of the 1950s sitcom Father Knows Best.

Trivia

  • Moe lives in the back of Moe's in this episode.
  • Homer throws a paper airplane to Bart with the name of the building to made for the Plywood sculpture assignment. After that Homer says "I did it! I helped my son! Helicopter Homer away!" and starts spinning like a helicopter. But in a few seconds he crashes into a wall and falls. After that he says "Black hawk down! Black hawk down!".
    In this phrase he compares himself to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

Notes

  • In 2009, Dan Castellaneta won the Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for playing Homer Simpson in this episode.
  • The theme song at the end of the episode is sung instead of the usual tune.

Goofs

  • When Homer decides to help Bart and Lisa he eats mayonnaise (in a Popeye fashion) and previously he had strong taste buds so it would hurt incredibly.


Template:Season 20 R