Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy/References
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Cultural references
The scenes of Homer playing on a
Big piano are a reference to 1988 film
Big- The scenes of Homer playing on a Big piano are a reference to 1988 film Big. Homer performs "Rock Around the Clock".
- Lisa gets the lifetime personal correspondence of Abe. One of the letters was written by English actor Boris Karloff, ordering Abe to stop writing to him. The letter was sent via Western Union.
- Abe gives the family of box of 1918 Libery Head nickels. According to Abe, John D. Rockefeller threw them from a Zeppelin.
- Homer steps on the keys of a big piano such as in the 1988 film Big. He also sings the famous single "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets.
- Celeste's talking Malibu Stacy says "My spidey sense is tingling", a famous catchphrase by Spider-Man. This is a reference to a practical joke by the Barbie Liberation Organization in the early 1990s in which the voiceboxes of talking Barbie and G.I. Joe toys were swapped.
- Lisa once attacked executives from the Keebler Company.
- The Stacycon '94 was held at the San Diego Airport Hilton.
- Stacy Lovell was forced out of her company for funneling profits to the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.
- Stacy Lovell's ex-husbands include: Ken, Johnny West, G.I. Joe, Dr. Colossus and Steve Austin.
- Lisa suggests making a doll with the wisdom of novelist Gertrude Stein, the wit of cartoonist Cathy Guisewite, the tenacity of journalist Nina Totenberg, the common sense of activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the down-to-earth good looks of politician Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Lisa would like to call her doll "Minerva" after the Roman goddess of wisdom.
- Kent Brockman is making a report abouth the 40th anniversary of Beetle Bailey, an American comic strip. He also mentions the Berlin Wall.
- Homer again plays the big piano, in this case he plays The Simpsons theme song.
Trivia
- Malibu Stacy is referred to as "America's favorite 8 and a half incher."
- It cost $46,000 to produce the Lisa Lionheart dolls.
- A sign in front of the factory reads: "Petrochem Petrochemical Corp., Proud Makers of Caustic Polypropylene and Malibu Stacy"
Goofs
- When the Simpson family is about to leave for the mall, Marge's necklace changes from red to white while on-screen.
- When the girls joke that Lisa said a dirty word, Nina's mouth did not move even though she clearly appeared to be speaking to Janey.
- The speaker outside of Stacy's mansion changes depending on the angle of the shot. At first, it has lines going diagonally both ways, but then it only has horizontal lines.
- When Lisa holds up the Malibu Stacy doll to show the family, one can see the side of the animation cel.
