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Season
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Episode number
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Episode name
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Reference
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1
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8
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"The Telltale Head"
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Bart waking up next to the decapitated head of Jebediah Springfield's statue spoofs the famous "horse head in the bed" scene from The Godfather.
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3
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43
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"Lisa's Pony"
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When Lisa discovers a pony in her bed poofs the famous "horse head in the bed" scene from The Godfather.
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4
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68
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"Mr. Plow"
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The scene where Bart is mowed down by snow balls thrown by his school friends is a reference to the death of Sonny in The Godfather.
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76
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"Last Exit to Springfield"
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When Homer imagines a life in organized crime, he looks just like Don Fanucci in The Godfather Part II.
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6
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118
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"Homie the Clown"
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When Homer and Krusty try to do the bicycle trick in front of the mafiosi, Homer's head bumps against a series of wine glasses. The melody that plays as a result is a musical quote of the "Love Theme" from The Godfather, to the delight of the mafiosi.
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7
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147
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"A Fish Called Selma"
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When Fat Tony sees Troy McClure walking around alive and well he asks "Legs" that he told him McClure was dead? Legs answers: "No what I said was: "He sleeps with the fishes." This is a reference to the death of Luca Brasi in "The Godfather" who is thrown in the canal. Later his killers sent a dead fish to Sonny Corleone with the message: "He sleeps with the fishes."
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10
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212
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"Mayored to the Mob"
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Homer mocks Fat Tony by asking him whether he is going to call "his godfather"?
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11
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229
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"Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
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A mafiosi claims he put a horse head in Homer's bed to prevent him from being a food critic ever again. It turns out that Homer simply ate the head and wrote a negative review about it.
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11
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245
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"Kill the Alligator and Run"
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Robert Evans mentions the film during an interview.
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12
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257
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"HOMR"
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Homer says: "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse", which is a famous quote from the film.
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12
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259
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"Worst Episode Ever"
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One of the movies in Comic Book Guy's stash of illegal videos is "Godfather III - good version".
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13
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288
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"The Sweetest Apu"
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During Apu's wedding (which took place in another episode The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons, but this episode shows supposed video footage of said wedding) Homer sings the Napolitan song C'è la luna mezzo mare along with the wedding band. This is a reference to The Godfather, where an old man sings the exact same song during the wedding of Don Corleone's daughter.
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14
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300
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"The Strong Arms of the Ma"
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Marge beating up someone with a garbage can is a parody of the scene in The Godfather where Sonny beats up his sister's husband on the streets.
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313
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"Moe Baby Blues"
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Moe tells Maggie the plot of the three Godfather films to entertain her. Moe imitates Don Corleone with an cut-up orange in his mouth, in reference to a similar scene in The Godfather. He later imagines the exact scene from the film when he goes searching for Maggie. Moe seems to know the film by heart, but mistakes Diane Keaton's character Kay Adams with her character Annie Hall from Woody Allen's film Annie Hall. At the end of the episode Fat Tony is emotional about Maggie and says: "I didn't cry so much, since I paid to see Godfather III."
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16
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338
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"All's Fair in Oven War"
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Guest-starring in the episode is James Caan, who played Sonny in The Godfather. In the final scene he is ambushed and shot down by Cletus because he has an affair with his wife. This is a reference to Sonny's death scene in The Godfather.
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18
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379
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"The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer"
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Fat Tony's son, Michael D'Amico, is a reference to Michael Corleone from all three Godfather films. His physical looks and the fact that he is a quiet person who initially doesn't want to enter the mafia business are similar. In the same episode mob goons try to assassinate Fat Tony through a window while flying in a helicopter, in reference to a similar scene in The Godfather Part III. The final scene where Michael, Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney close the door before Lisa references the final scenes of The Godfather.
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22
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473
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"Donnie Fatso"
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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. Also, Fat Tony says "That's why I keep my friends close". When Homer asks him, "and your enemies closer?" he is referring to the phrase from The Godfather Part II ("Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer").
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28
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602
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"There Will Be Buds"
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Kirk reports watching the movie and saying it's So good to Homer on chat.
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30
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649
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"'Tis the 30th Season"
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Due to the poor accommodations at the Kissimmee St. Nick Theme Park and Resort, the Simpson family ask resort manager Jeanie for their money back. When she refuses, Bart pranks her by severing several heads (and one hand) from the animatronic statues in the Hall of Vice Presidents and leaving them in her bed for her to find when she wakes up.
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