Difference between revisions of "Cooking with Kang and Kodos/References"
Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
Solar Dragon (talk | contribs) |
m (→Cultural references: replaced: {{w|To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone)|of the same name}} → {{W2|To Serve Man|The Twilight Zone}}) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
| − | *The cookbook that Serak had lent [[Kodos]] is titled ''[[To Serve Man]]'', a reference to the ''{{w|The Twilight Zone}}'' episode {{ | + | *The cookbook that Serak had lent [[Kodos]] is titled ''[[To Serve Man]]'', a reference to the ''{{w|The Twilight Zone}}'' episode {{W2|To Serve Man|The Twilight Zone|of the same name}}. |
**This particular episode has also been parodied in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' first halloween special, "[[Treehouse of Horror]]". | **This particular episode has also been parodied in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' first halloween special, "[[Treehouse of Horror]]". | ||
*[[Kang]] tells Kodos that cooking is the work of males, and that it is demeaning to see her even try it. This is a role reversal of stereotypical gender roles on earth. | *[[Kang]] tells Kodos that cooking is the work of males, and that it is demeaning to see her even try it. This is a role reversal of stereotypical gender roles on earth. | ||
Revision as of 19:39, December 10, 2020
Cultural references
- The cookbook that Serak had lent Kodos is titled To Serve Man, a reference to the The Twilight Zone episode of the same name.
- This particular episode has also been parodied in The Simpsons first halloween special, "Treehouse of Horror".
- Kang tells Kodos that cooking is the work of males, and that it is demeaning to see her even try it. This is a role reversal of stereotypical gender roles on earth.
- When Kodos tells Kang what she is making for dinner, Kang says "just like the one who spawned us used to make", a play on the phrase "just like mother used to make".
Trivia
- Kodos is referred to as being female.
- Even though Kang says that cooking is the work of males, he reveals shortly after that their own mother used to cook for them.
