The Burns and the Bees/References
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Cultural references
- The title is a reference to "The Birds and the Bees".
- Music from the episode
- "Amazing Grace" (Groundskeeper Willie plays it on his bagpipes while mourning for the deceased bees).
- The Basket Bells dance to "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin.
- "Hip Hop Hooray" by Naughty By Nature (played during the gorilla mascot scene).
- "Sea of Love" by The Honeydrippers (when the queen bee is being introduced to the Africanized bees).
- In Homer's fantasy about a future without honey, the robot that offers him some honey and then compresses him into a cube resembles WALL-E from the Disney/Pixar film WALL-E.
- The statue of Mr. Burns in front of the Springfield Excitement Arena is modeled after Nike's iconic Jumpman logo of Michael Jordan.
- At the Billionaire Camp, some billionaires play Quidditch, a sport from Harry Potter.
- When Mr. Burns is revealed to be a millionaire instead of a billionaire, he asks Mark Cuban to let him off the hook, for old time's sake. This is a scene borrowed from The Godfather.
- At the Billionaire Camp, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Whistler's Mother by James Whistler and The Scream by Edvard Munch are used as archery targets.
- Willie's dead bees are:
- Buzz Aldrin (named after astronaut Buzz Aldrin)
- Bee Arthur (named after Bea Arthur)
- Gordon Sumner (better known as Sting)
- Bee Bee King (named after B. B. King)
- Susan Bee Anthony (named after Susan B. Anthony)
- Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld played Barry B. Benson in Bee Movie)
Trivia
- For the first 8 episodes of this season, the show won the 2009 People's Choice Award for Favorite Animated Comedy.
- The marquee at Springfield Sports Palace first reads "Big Game Tonight" then later, "World's Smallest Jumbotron".
