Difference between revisions of "My Way or the Highway to Heaven/References"
Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
Solar Dragon (talk | contribs) |
Solar Dragon (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
*The elephant attendant says "Please, somebody think of the elephants", a reference to [[Helen Lovejoy]]'s "Won't somebody please think of the children?" line. | *The elephant attendant says "Please, somebody think of the elephants", a reference to [[Helen Lovejoy]]'s "Won't somebody please think of the children?" line. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Goofs == | ||
| + | *In the credits, [[Aldrine Guerrero]]'s credit misspells "ukulele" as "ukelele". | ||
{{Season 30|R}} | {{Season 30|R}} | ||
| Line 33: | Line 36: | ||
[[Category:Cultural references]] | [[Category:Cultural references]] | ||
[[Category:Trivia]] | [[Category:Trivia]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Goofs]] | ||
Revision as of 16:07, October 15, 2018
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the idiom "my way or the highway", which is also a recurring lyric in the song "My Way" by Limp Bizkit and could also be a reference to either "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC or the TV drama series Highway to Heaven.
- In Heaven:
- Ludwig van Beethoven appears, next to Tupac, playing his Fifth Symphony.
- Tracy Morgan appears, and God asks him why he's there after getting better, a reference to his critical illness after his accident in 2014 caused by a Walmart trucker. In a future episode, "Baby You Can't Drive My Car", he'll actually play a tow-trucker.
- Jimi Hendrix appears.
- Maude Flanders is paired with Abraham Lincoln, while Edna Krabappel is paired with George Washington.
- Christopher Columbus appears, getting lost in the way to the bathroom, just like he got lost on his way to India, and found America instead.
- The song "Cheek to Cheek" plays when the kids imagine getting to Heaven.
- Üter Zörker imagines himself in the chocolate factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- In Ned's story:
- In Marge's story:
- The French nuns sing "Boogie Woogie Christian God", a parody of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by The Andrews Sisters.
- The people in the café sing "La Marseillaise", the national anthem of France, by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
- A wooden case is labeled Ark of the Covenant, containing the ghosts of the ark.
- During the fight in Café Meaux, "Non, je ne regrette rien" by Édith Piaf plays.
- In Lisa's story:
- Lisa introduces it as "The Princess Not Affiliated With Disney... unless we are now owned by Disney", referencing The Walt Disney Company acquiring of 21st Century Fox.
- Its the story of the princess Siddmartha, a play to one of Buddha's names, Siddhārtha Gautama.
- Siddmartha's brother, a Bart look-alike character, plays against a Milhouse look-alike character, a multiplayer game that is a parody of Clash Royale.
- A deliver is made by Amazon to Siddmartha with a time machine from 2018 A.D..
Trivia
- The elephant attendant says "Please, somebody think of the elephants", a reference to Helen Lovejoy's "Won't somebody please think of the children?" line.
Goofs
- In the credits, Aldrine Guerrero's credit misspells "ukulele" as "ukelele".
