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*When [[Lisa]] finds the hidden classroom: | *When [[Lisa]] finds the hidden classroom: | ||
**She observes that the stage is set for a production of the play ''{{w|Endgame (play|Endgame}}'' by {{w|Samuel Beckett}}. | **She observes that the stage is set for a production of the play ''{{w|Endgame (play|Endgame}}'' by {{w|Samuel Beckett}}. | ||
| − | **Lisa discovers that the objects in the classroom appear real, but are revealed to be fakes on closer inspection. Near the end of ''{{w|2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey}}'' astroanut David Bowman finds himself in a similarly fabricated hotel room. | + | **Lisa discovers that the objects in the classroom appear real, but are revealed to be fakes on closer inspection. Near the end of ''{{w|2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey}}'', astroanut David Bowman finds himself in a similarly fabricated hotel room. |
**Lisa returns to the classroom with a huge crowd and school newspaper reporters in tow, only to find nothing but bookshelves, similar to the {{w|Geraldo Rivera}} special ''{{w|The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults}}'', where after a huge media buildup the vault was anticlimactically discovered to be empty except for dirt and debris. | **Lisa returns to the classroom with a huge crowd and school newspaper reporters in tow, only to find nothing but bookshelves, similar to the {{w|Geraldo Rivera}} special ''{{w|The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults}}'', where after a huge media buildup the vault was anticlimactically discovered to be empty except for dirt and debris. | ||
*When [[Bart]] gets onto the window washing platform, the music playing is an {{w|Inversion (music)|inversion}} of the title theme from ''{{w|Peter and the Wolf}}''. | *When [[Bart]] gets onto the window washing platform, the music playing is an {{w|Inversion (music)|inversion}} of the title theme from ''{{w|Peter and the Wolf}}''. | ||
Revision as of 01:02, May 16, 2011
Cultural References
- When Lisa finds the hidden classroom:
- She observes that the stage is set for a production of the play Endgame by Samuel Beckett.
- Lisa discovers that the objects in the classroom appear real, but are revealed to be fakes on closer inspection. Near the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey, astroanut David Bowman finds himself in a similarly fabricated hotel room.
- Lisa returns to the classroom with a huge crowd and school newspaper reporters in tow, only to find nothing but bookshelves, similar to the Geraldo Rivera special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults, where after a huge media buildup the vault was anticlimactically discovered to be empty except for dirt and debris.
- When Bart gets onto the window washing platform, the music playing is an inversion of the title theme from Peter and the Wolf.
- During the blimp pursuit (Chief Wiggum and Lou in the Springfield Police Department blimp chasing Homer in the Duff Beer blimp:
- Homer eludes Wiggum by suddenly climbing and flying over a billboard advertising a Cirque du Soleil performance titled "Zoomanity".
- Wiggum crashes into the billboard and cries "Oh, the zoomanity!" as his blimp catches fire, referencing the Hindenburg disaster.
Trivia
- The chalkboard gag is a reference to Kristen Schaal's name being misspelled as "Kristen Schall" in the closing credits of "Homer Scissorhands".
- In the band room scene of the opening sequence, Lisa plays a violin instead of her saxophone.
