Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

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Quotes

	Season 31 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun of Jesus' four last words on the cross "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?".
• In the opening sequence, Ned has blueprints for Noah's Ark on his garage wall.
  • He later mentions Noah's Ark to Todd.
  • Ned also mentions Balaam and his talking donkey.
• Reverend Lovejoy mentions replacing the organ player, Gertie, with Spotify.
• The song "Praise God" is a parody of the song "Doxology".
• The answer which Bart gives Homer after asking him where to bury survivors if a plane crashed on the border of North and South Dakota bares resemblance to a similar question Rudy and Vanessa Huxtable asked their brother Theo about where to bury survivors if a plane crashed on the Canada-United States border on the 1988 Cosby Show episode "Trust Me."
• A sign in the First Church of Springfield says "Bless-A-Me Street", with parodies of Elmo and Big Bird, a reference to Sesame Street.
• Rod accidentally watched an episode of 30 Rock. Ned then says it's okay to watch just for Kenneth.
• Ned thinks that a prayer without an "amen" is like a Tootsie Pop without a center.
• Marge mentions the books The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Everyone Poops.
• Lisa mentions that Buddha loves yoga and Yoda, from Star Wars.
• David Bowie was reincarnated as a fly.
• Marge was reading Fahrenheit 451: The Cookbook in bed, a reference to the book Fahrenheit 451.
• Hans Moleman is an Uber driver for Lindsey Naegle.
• Jesus presents Homer and Ned John the Baptist's head, which then reattaches to his body, a reference to the beheading of John the Baptist.
• Abraham Lincoln mentions Steven Spielberg and his movie Lincoln and the Academy Awards.
• Homer mentions Spielberg's Jaws, E.T., the Jurassic Park franchise and Ben Affleck's Argo.
• Dr. Hibbert references the song "Que sera, sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)".

Trivia

• Ned has a swear jar, impure thoughts jar, pants too tight jar and untrimmed mustache jar.

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The Winter of Our Monetized Content • Go Big or Go Homer • The Fat Blue Line • Treehouse of Horror XXX • Gorillas on the Mast • Marge the Lumberjill • Livin La Pura Vida • Thanksgiving of Horror • Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? • Bobby, It's Cold Outside • Hail to the Teeth • The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson • Frinkcoin • Bart the Bad Guy • Screenless • Better Off Ned • Highway to Well • The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby • Warrin' Priests: Part One • Warrin' Priests: Part Two • The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds • The Way of the Dog