Homer the Whopper/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 21 Episode References
← 441 "Coming to Homerica"	442 "Homer the Whopper"	"Bart Gets a "Z"" 443 →

Cultural references

• The title is a play on an old slogan of Burger King: "Home of the Whopper".
• At the movie studio, one of the posters is for a movie call Welcome Back, Potter. This is a parody of the movie/book series Harry Potter and the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.
• The Villan in the Every Man film looks exactly like the Lizard, one of the villans of the comic book hero Spider-Man.
• Some of the posters in the movie theater were references to real life movies.
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Gettin' Rabies is a reference to the Alvin and the Chipmunks.
  • Star Wars Episode VII: The Apology is a reference to Star Wars. In real life, an Episode VII is being produced, but is most likely not going to be called The Apology.
• Eddie Murphy's The Fat Suit was a reference to his role as the Klump family in the "Nutty Professor" franchise.
• In the Comic Book Store hangs a poster of Swatchmen, a parody of Watchmen.
• After the man that trained Homer falls down to the ground he uses his shirt to as wings to fly like Rocky the Flying Squirel from The Rocky and Bullwinke Show.
• The guy that trained Homer nicknames him as Homersapien as a references to the popular toy Robosapien, or the scientific name for man, Homo sapiens.
• The mural that Nelson is painting in the school yard resembles Picasso's "Guernica" but with some visual references to the Simpsons.

Trivia

• This is the second episode in which Matt Groening, creator of the show, has guest starred as himself. He is seen loading his truck with Bongo Comics, his own line of comic books, while saying how rich he is.
  • When Groening is loading the comics into his truck, a picture of the Simpson family is visible on the back of his jacket.
• Comic Book Guy's Everyman comic is later seen on the wall of his store in "Moms I'd Like to Forget".

Goofs

• When Comic Book Guy is thrown in the "Former Studio Heads" Trash Can, the can is hardly full. Then, in an above shot, the can is full with people, and Comic Book Guy is on the top of them.
• When Homer says, "I need change for a dollar. I also need a dollar", his mouth doesn't match.
• When Matt Groening "steals" the Everyman comics, he says "I'm so rich", but his mouth doesn't move.

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Homer the Whopper • Bart Gets a "Z" • The Great Wife Hope • Treehouse of Horror XX • The Devil Wears Nada • Pranks and Greens • Rednecks and Broomsticks • Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou? • Thursdays with Abie • Once Upon a Time in Springfield • Million Dollar Maybe • Boy Meets Curl • The Color Yellow • Postcards from the Wedge • Stealing First Base • The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed • American History X-cellent • Chief of Hearts • The Squirt and the Whale • To Surveil with Love • Moe Letter Blues • The Bob Next Door • Judge Me Tender