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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the comic strip (and movie) {{w|Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics)|Dennis the Menace}}.
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*The episode title is a pun on the comic strip (and movie) {{W2|Dennis the Menace|U.S. comics}}.
 
*When the tennis tournament puts [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] into competition over who gets to have [[Marge]] as a partner, [[Lisa]] makes a reference to {{w|Oedipus}}.
 
*When the tennis tournament puts [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] into competition over who gets to have [[Marge]] as a partner, [[Lisa]] makes a reference to {{w|Oedipus}}.
 
*When {{ch|Andre Agassi}} introduces himself at the tennis match, Homer asks, "The wrestler?", confusing Agassi for professional wrestler {{w|André the Giant}}.
 
*When {{ch|Andre Agassi}} introduces himself at the tennis match, Homer asks, "The wrestler?", confusing Agassi for professional wrestler {{w|André the Giant}}.
 
*Grandpa sings "{{w|What's New Pussycat? (song)|What's New Pussycat}}?"  by [[Tom Jones]] at the talent show, replacing "whoa whoa whoa" with "ow ow ow," and "oh, god, no," having injured himself while attempting to dance.
 
*Grandpa sings "{{w|What's New Pussycat? (song)|What's New Pussycat}}?"  by [[Tom Jones]] at the talent show, replacing "whoa whoa whoa" with "ow ow ow," and "oh, god, no," having injured himself while attempting to dance.
*When Homer is in the shower, Bart adjusts the hot and cold water to make him scream to the tune of "{{w|Mary Had a Little Lamb}}," then "{{w|Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's 5th Symphony}}."
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*When Homer is in the shower, Bart adjusts the hot and cold water to make him scream to the tune of "{{w|Mary Had a Little Lamb}}," then [[Beethoven]]'s "{{W2|Symphony No. 5|Beethoven|Fifth Symphony}}."
  
 
== Goofs ==
 
== Goofs ==

Revision as of 17:26, December 12, 2020

References/Trivia


Production

  • This episode was the second episode to be digitally colored (instead of colored traditionally through cel animation), a practice that would later be used starting with the season 14 episode, "The Great Louse Detective." The first was season seven's "Radioactive Man."

Cultural references

Goofs

  • Homer mistook tennis for foxy boxing, but didn't know what it was called. He referred to it as "the sport where the chicks whale on each other." Previously, however, in "Lisa on Ice", Homer knew the name of the "sport."
    • However, given Homer's mental capacity, he could have easily forgotten.
  • In the first shown match at the Krusty Kharity Klassic, three groups of two men run into each other's heads from the opposite sides of the tennis court. The second and third groups, which come running in from outside the scene, are exactly identical.
Season 12 References
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