King of the Hill/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the animated series King of the Hill, which aired on Fox from January 1997 to September 2009 and usually aired with The Simpsons.
- The mountain Homer climbs, The Murderhorn, is a parody of the Matterhorn.
- In the untitled McBain film, McBain is working with UNICEF, a United Nations Programme that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
- McBain also fights against Commie-Nazis, a reference to both Communism and the Nazis.
- The children, Homer and Ned play the game Capture the flag.
- Homer reads in his Powersauce bar that Deng Xiaoping had died. Xiaoping died over a year before the episode aired.
Continuity
- Zebra Girl makes another appearance, first appearing in "The Canine Mutiny".
- Homer says that two months ago he didn't even know what dumbell meant, in the scene with Wolfcastle in the gym. The episode [Dumbell Indemnity] was broadcated exactly two months and two days before "King of the Hill", which means he meant that word that day.
Goofs
- Homer says that he only eats Powersauce bars. However, he also said that he only eats things in bar form, compressing spaghetti bolognese into a bar and eating that.
