Give Me Merchandising or Give Me Death!/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• The name of the story is a reference to the quote "Give me liberty, or give me death!" by Patrick Henry.
• Principal Skinner asks the students if he looks like Don King to them.
• Costumes seen at the comic convention include:
  • Chewbacca from Star Wars.
  • Thor from Marvel Comics.
  • Frankenstein's Monster.
  • Wonder Woman from DC Comics.
• One of the stalls at the convention is shown selling figurines of monsters based on those from Godzilla.
• Boffo Comics is a parody of Bongo Comics.
• Lionel Hutz is playing with a Rubik's Cube.
• Möd magazine is a parody of Mad magazine.

Goofs

Homer's age in 1995 was 36 so in 1972 he would be 13