Beyond Blunderdome/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

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Quotes

	Season 11 Episode References
← 226 "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"	227 "Beyond Blunderdome"	"Brother's Little Helper" 228 →

Trivia

• The Elec-Taurus car seen at the start of the episode is a driveable vehicle in The Simpsons Road Rage and The Simpsons Hit & Run.
• The Flintstones mobile appears with Fred, Wilma and Dino Flinstone in it.

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, in which Mel Gibson starred.
• When Homer is watching a test screening for Mel Gibson's remake of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, he badmouths it, saying "At least the Jimmy Stewart version had the giant rabbit who ran the savings and loan!". These are references to Harvey and It's a Wonderful Life.
• Rainier Wolfcastle is seen filming Saving Irene Ryan, a reference to both Saving Private Ryan and the TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.
• After the studio cart crashes, Mel says to Homer, "I'm getting too old for this crap," paraphrasing what Danny Glover often says to Mel Gibson's Lethal Weapon character.
• Mel Gibson tossing away his U.S. Senator badge at the end of the Mr. Smith remake is similar to the endings of Dirty Harry and High Noon.
• Mel Gibson's pilot is John Travolta, who plays a pilot in a number of films including 'Look who's talking', but is also himself a certified pilot who owns five aircraft.
• The police shoot-out scene with Robert Downey Jr. is a reference to Downey's problems with the law in the 1990's, during which the actor battled drug addiction and was arrested on several occasions.
• Mel Gibson says to Marge, "I speed all the time, but cops never give me a ticket." This episode aired seven years before Gibson was arrested for speeding and DUI.
• The movie billboard in Hollywood that Homer and Mel Gibson crashed through featured a woman (implied to be overgoing labor) and the title "She's Having a Baby... Again!", spoofing the movie She's Having a Baby
• The scene where Homer drives the Elec-Taurus into the water is from the 007 film The Spy Who Loved Me.

Continuity

• Homer said "Shut Up!" the same way he said it in "Homer the Great".

• At the end of the episode "When You Dish Upon A Star", Judge Snyder declares that Homer cannot be within 500 miles of any celebrity, living or dead. However, in this episode, the restraining order seems to have been either dropped or forgotten.