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References/Trivia


Season 12 Episode References
262 "New Kids on the Blecch"
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"Hungry, Hungry Homer"
"Bye, Bye, Nerdie" 264


Cultural references

  • Blockoland is a parody of Legoland.
  • The ghost of César Chávez visits Homer during his hunger strike, but takes the appearance of Cesar Romero, because Homer doesn't know what Chavez looks like.
  • The scene where Bart sees Homer lying on top of the red dog house is a direct reference to Charlie Brown and Snoopy (both from Peanuts). Bart even utters Charlie Brown's signature line "Good Grief".
  • The title is a play on the game, Hungry Hungry Hippos. Coincidentally, one of the hippos in the game is named Homer.
  • When Kent Brockman says that Mr. Duff is insisting that Homer is a liar, they show footage of Homer with his pants on fire. This is a nod to the classic chant, Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire.
  • When Marge gets streaks in her hair, it resembles the Bride of Frankenstein's hair; tall white with two black streaks.
  • M*A*S*H: When Homer starts his hunger strike, Lisa gives him a copy of My Core Beliefs by M*A*S*H cast member Mike Farrell.
  • The name of the barbershop Hairy Shearers is a reference to, and pun on, voice actor Harry Shearer, who voices Mr. Burns, Smithers, Reverend Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, and other characters.
  • Homer's attempt to alert the press of the move by showing them a room of evidence, only to find nothing incriminating is inside, is a likely reference to the film Moonraker, where James Bond discovers that Hugo Drax is operating a lab making deadly gas. When Bond takes M and his superiors to investigate the lab, he finds it has been replaced with a dining room.

Goofs

  • When Maggie rips her diaper, you can see teeth, but Maggie isn't supposed to have teeth for her age.
Season 12 References
Treehouse of Horror XI A Tale of Two Springfields Insane Clown Poppy Lisa the Tree Hugger Homer vs. Dignity The Computer Wore Menace Shoes The Great Money Caper Skinner's Sense of Snow HOMЯ Pokey Mom Worst Episode Ever Tennis the Menace Day of the Jackanapes New Kids on the Blecch Hungry, Hungry Homer Bye, Bye, Nerdie Simpson Safari Trilogy of Error I'm Goin' to Praiseland Children of a Lesser Clod Simpsons Tall Tales