King Leer/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 29 Episode References
← 633 "No Good Read Goes Unpunished"	634 "King Leer"	"Lisa Gets the Blues" 635 →

Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to William Shakespeare's King Lear.
• The song that plays when Homer is trying to stop Bart breaking the violin is "Beethoven's 5th Symphony" by Ludwig van Beethoven.
• Jerk Circle is a reference to the Circle Jerks band.
• Homer's favorite movie is Fast & Furious 6. Marge reminds him that the film is about family, when Homer thinks it's just about cars.
• Morty Szyslak recites part of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" in a Mattress King commercial. He and his children then sing "Silent Night".
• Moe says he'll "go to the mattresses" with his siblings, a reference to the mob saying, that become popular thanks to the movie The Godfather and the TV series The Sopranos.
• The song that plays when Moe and his siblings are sabotaging each other and Homer throws paint on Patty and Selma is "Dies Irae" by Giuseppe Verdi.

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The Serfsons • Springfield Splendor • Whistler's Father • Treehouse of Horror XXVIII • Grampy Can Ya Hear Me • The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be • Singin' in the Lane • Mr. Lisa's Opus • Gone Boy • Haw-Haw Land • Frink Gets Testy • Homer Is Where the Art Isn't • 3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage • Fears of a Clown • No Good Read Goes Unpunished • King Leer • Lisa Gets the Blues • Forgive and Regret • Left Behind • Throw Grampa from the Dane • Flanders' Ladder