The Fool Monty/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the film The Full Monty and a reference to Mr. Burns' nickname of "Monty".
• After an executive disembarks from the Fox News helicopter, the copter wobbles and crashes while someone on board cries out, "We're unbalanced! It's not fair!", punning the channel's slogan "Fair & balanced".
• When Kent Brockman breaks the news of the House Cat Flu on Channel 6 News, the graphics cards accompanying the story read "Apocalypse Meow" and "The Purrfect Storm", punning the movies Apocalypse Now and The Perfect Storm.
• In the vaccination line, Comic Book Guy is dressed as Wolverine, wearing an X-Men uniform.
• The band that Burns hires to play at his "I'm dying" announcement is called the Grave Matthews Band, a pun on the Dave Matthews Band.
• The scene where Mr. Burns hides in Bart's closet is a reference to the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Also, E.T. is seen in the closet amongst the other stuffed animals.
• At the bar, Smithers says that his new boss Dick Cheney likes to stack naked men, a reference to the Abu Ghraib incident during the Iraq War.
• When Smithers leaves Cheney's employ to return to working for Mr. Burns, Cheney zaps him with a "neuralyzer", a memory-erasing device from the Men in Black movies.

Trivia

• References to Smithers' sexuality:
  • Mr. Burns says that love is something that one man can't pay another for. Smithers starts to contradict him, but is cut off when Burns continues talking.
  • Smithers says that Burns was more than a friend to him, but his new boss Dick Cheney likes to stack naked men, and adds, "At least that's a start."

Continuity

• Mr. Burns threatens to lower a dome on Springfield again. This has been done before. (The Simpsons Movie)
  • Also, Lou states that they could just dig a way out if he did lower the dome, something fans have suggested and wondered why they didn't do it since the movie aired.
• Maggie points a gun at Mr. Burns again, wanting to kill him. ("Who Shot Mr. Burns?")