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