Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Cultural References

• The episode title is a intended or unintended spoof of the Pere Ubu song title "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo."
• Whilst in the hotel, Bart watches an anime cartoon called Battling Seizure Robots, which features a robot with its eyes flashing so quickly that it triggers seizures in Bart, and subsequently the rest of the family (except initially Homer). This is based on a Pokémon episode, "Electric Soldier Porygon," in which a scene with rapid lighting sent nearly 700 children into seizures. The shot of the robot with its flashing eyes is reused throughout the entire closing credit sequence.

Trivia

• An item named "Skittlebrau" can been seen in the 33¢ store. The item was made up by Homer in "Bart Star", however Apu claimed there was no such thing.
• When Marge says to Homer on the plane that he liked Rashomon, Homer claims he doesn't remember it that way.
• The soundbyte of Homer's shock at investing in Fox's News Corp (*Screams* UNDO!! UNDO!! Ohh...) is replayed over the 20th Century Fox Television logo in place of the usual fanfare.

Errors

• When Database is at The Java Server, he is using a gray computer but in the next scene he is using a orange computer, then he is using a gray computer again.
• Marge drops one of her shoes into the volcano but in the next scene when the entire family plummets down, her shoe is back on.