Team Homer/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 7 Episode References
← 139 "Marge Be Not Proud"	140 "Team Homer"	"Two Bad Neighbors" 141 →

Cultural references

• Homer chants "Dōmo arigatō, Mr. Roboto", a line from "Mr. Roboto" by Styx.
• During the presentation of the school uniforms, "Spanish Flea" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass is played on record.
• Bart says only 17 issues of Mad Magazine are published per year, referring to the magazine's editorial policy which often changed frequency of publication.
• Among the stickers to be ironed contained in Mad Magazine there is the motto "suck your sock" invented by the Simpsons.
• Mr. Burns in the grip of the ether sees Poppin' Fresh (aka Pillsbury Doughboy is an advertising mascot of the Pillsbury Company) instead of Homer.
• The uniform of the school children and the "march of the school children" are quotes from the video of the song "Another Brick In The Wall" by Pink Floyd.

Triva

• In the original airing of this episode, Homer's Academy Award said Haing S. Ngor, but, when Ngor died, it was changed to Don Ameche. The second version is the one in syndication and in the Season 7 DVD boxset.
• The four members of "The Home-Wreckers" are Mindy Simmons, Lurleen Lumpkin, Princess Kashmir and Jacques, all known to have caused tension between Homer and Marge.
• The Lovejoys' and Flanders' bowling team is called "Holy Rollers", which, as well as meaning "religious bowlers", is also a slang term for evangelical Christians.
• This episode is dedicated to the memory of Doris Grau, a former Simpsons script supervisor and voice actor, mainly the voice of Lunchlady Dora, who passed away.
• The members of The Pin Pals were Apu, Moe, Mr. Burns, Homer and formerly Otto.

Goofs

• When Bart's class is a mess because of Bart's t-shirt, Ralph Wiggum can be seen on the floor and it is known that Ralph is in Lisa's class.
• When Superintendent Chalmers gets trampled on by the children, the same children keep running past him multiple times.
• When the kids are inciting chaos because of Bart's shirt and they knock over Edna Krabappel's desk, the books on the desk disappear.
• When Principal Skinner is looking out the window and the light reaches his head through the window shade, the light shining on his nose repeatedly appears and disappears.

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