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*When [[Homer]] was struggling to pronounce the word "consigliere", he states that he is Fat Tony's {{W|Robert Duvall}}, the actor who played Tom Hagen the Consigliere in ''[[The Godfather]]''. | *When [[Homer]] was struggling to pronounce the word "consigliere", he states that he is Fat Tony's {{W|Robert Duvall}}, the actor who played Tom Hagen the Consigliere in ''[[The Godfather]]''. | ||
*The stage show [[Moe]] and Homer interrupt is a parody of the stage musical ''{{W|Wicked (musical)|Wicked}}''. | *The stage show [[Moe]] and Homer interrupt is a parody of the stage musical ''{{W|Wicked (musical)|Wicked}}''. | ||
+ | * [[Fat Tony (latest)|Fat Tony]] says "That`s why I keep my friends close". When [[Homer]] ask him "and your enemies closer?" he is referring to the phrase from {{W|The Godfather Part II|The Godfather Part II}} ("Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer"). | ||
*The line Homer says, "Now I'm just an average snook like everyone else" and the episode's closing sequence is a reference to the film ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. | *The line Homer says, "Now I'm just an average snook like everyone else" and the episode's closing sequence is a reference to the film ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on the crime drama film Donnie Brasco.
- Comic Book Guy is making a gingerbread Death Star in the couch gag Advent calendar.
- The board of Fat Tony in the FBI building resembles the mosaic board in FlashForward.
- When Homer was struggling to pronounce the word "consigliere", he states that he is Fat Tony's Robert Duvall, the actor who played Tom Hagen the Consigliere in The Godfather.
- The stage show Moe and Homer interrupt is a parody of the stage musical Wicked.
- Fat Tony says "That`s why I keep my friends close". When Homer ask him "and your enemies closer?" he is referring to the phrase from The Godfather Part II ("Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer").
- The line Homer says, "Now I'm just an average snook like everyone else" and the episode's closing sequence is a reference to the film Goodfellas.