King-Size Homer/References
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Cultural references
- The title is a parody of the title "King-Size Canary", which was an MGM cartoon directed by legendary animator Tex Avery. In the cartoon, a growth formula causes several animals to swell to gargantuan proportions.
- The song "Push out the jive, bring in the love" by the Lostprophets most likely takes it's name from the phrase used by Mr. Burns during exercise.
- The name of The Vast Waistband (the store Homer visits to buy a muumuu) is a parody of the term then-FCC chairman Newton Minow used in a 1961 speech referring to television as a "vast wasteland."
- When Homer hits "TAB", thinking he'd get a soft drink, while looking for the "Any" key (which is a joke on the computer prompt "Press any key to continue") a startup sound from a Macintosh computer produced in 1995 is heard. This episode aired the same year.
- When Homer vented the toxic gas from the plant, thus ruining the farmers corn crop (and therefore unknowingly exacting revenge on the farmers for Daylight savings existing), the farmer says "Paul Newman's gunna have ma' legs broke!" when lamenting the loss of the corn. This is a reference to the legend made by the Newman's Own Popcorn company where Newman threatened people if they try to steal his popcorn recipe.
- The computer Homer usues for work resembles the Macintosh XL which was first relesed in January 1, 1985.
- The package of food in Homer's shopping cart "Cheezos H. Rice" is a parody of the expletive Jesus H. Christ. "Much Ado About Stuffing" is a parody of "Much Ado About Nothing."
Trivia
- The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant has pay toilets.
- The Simpsons' scale stops at 400 pounds.
- Signs in the construction area were:
- Hardhat Area
- Falling Tool Zone
- Careless Workers Above
- As the path of the venting pipe is followed underground, it passes the skeleton of Itchy being pursued by the skeleton of a saber-toothed Scratchy.
- An original plan for the episode that was scrapped was Homer becoming weight-obsessed in the opposite direction and becoming dangerously thin.
Goofs
- The "Crystal Buzz Cola" vending machine has a non-clear beverage as a picture.
- When we see Burns' offices, we see a bookcase. In reality, the video monitors should be there.
- The oil streak Homer leaves when he slides to Burns' office is gone when Burns pushes him.
- In the closeup when Homer presses the "Y" key, the Y is thinner than the other characters.
- If every computer question requires a response of "Y", why even bother asking a human operator? Shouldn't the computer do that?
- If Homer's stomach is indeed stuck on the towel rack, he would not be able to see the scales unless he looked around it.
- Marge is wearing lip-stick at the ceremony - except at the close up.
Continuity
- The drinking bird Homer has "cover for him" was a gift from Herb in "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?". Herb used it to show the formulation of ideas, but Homer was enthralled with it and wanted it.
