The Haw-Hawed Couple/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 18 Episode References
← 385 "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)"	386 "The Haw-Hawed Couple"	"Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" 387 →

Cultural references

• This episode's title is a pun on the play, film and TV series The Odd Couple.
• Bart tells Lisa that he is not drinking coffee but "hot Pepsi".
• The song played on the tape recorder is "A Horse with No Name", one of America's transatlantic hits from 1971.
• Martin uses the concept of a faggot to refer to the bundle of sticks for fuel.
• Marge mentions the Empire State Building from New York City.

Actors dressed as Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus from Marvel Comics' Spiderman participate at Nelson's party

• Actors dressed as Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus from Marvel Comics' Spiderman make an appearance at Nelson's party.
• Bart tells Nelson that he has to do a report on the Nile River, the longest river in the world, located in Africa.
• Lisa's fantasy book, Angelica Button and the Dragon King's Trundle Bed, is a parody of Harry Potter.
  • Greystash is a parody of Dumbledore.
  • Lord Evilton is a pun on Lord Voldemort and a hint to Nagini, Voldemort's snake.
  • Malicious Krubb, the wizard that kills Greystash, resembles Lucius Malfoy.
  • The wand-fighting sequences parody the recurrent Priori Incantatem scenes from Harry Potter.
  • The author of the book, T. R. Francis, is a parody of J. K. Rowling.
  • The book also contains elements of The Chronicles of Narnia and Deltora Quest while Angelica's trap, a giant hourglass, is similar to Disney's Aladdin.
• The scene which follows Bart and Nelson as they enter the cafeteria through the back of the school and through the kitchens while Bart acts as a narrator is a direct parody of the celebrated three-minute tracking shot from the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas which shows Henry and Karen Hill as they enter the Copacabana nightclub through the back accompanied by Henry's (Ray Liotta) narration.
  • The song played is "He's a Rebel" by The Crystals, an indirect reference to the same shot in Goodfellas, in which "Then He Kissed Me", also by The Crystals, is heard in the sequence.
• In Homer's alternative ending for Angelica Button and the Dragon King's Trundle Bed:
  • The American patriotic march, "The Stars and Stripes Forever", is heard when Greystash defeats Malicious Krubb.
  • The "Merlinical Council", a reference to the magician Merlin, went to "Star Wars Land", a reference to Star Wars.
• Bart mentions the celebration Cinco de Mayo.
• The ending scene where Bart hugs Nelson's vest is a parody to end of the 2005 neo-Western romantic drama Brokeback Mountain.
  • The same instrumental song used in the film, "The Wings" by Gustavo Santaolalla from Brokeback Mountain original soundtrack, is heard in the sequence.

Continuity

• Bart tells Lisa about the birthday party, "then we sang songs with Nelson's grandma" and in "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" Nelson laments, "And my grandmas are gone. One's in jail and one's in dirt jail."

Trivia

• Lisa steals Nelson's "Ha-ha!" catchphrase like she stole Mr. Burns's "Excellent" catchphrase in "Little Big Mom".
• Mrs. Muntz's hair is black in this episode

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