Angry Dad: The Movie/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 22 Episode References
← 477 "The Blue and the Gray"	478 "Angry Dad: The Movie"	"The Scorpion's Tale" 479 →

Cultural references

• Banksy's name is written around the building where the Oscars are being held. This is a reference to the recent Banksy paintings in Hollywood in the run up to the Oscars.
• Mixar is an obvious parody of Pixar.
• You've Got an Enemy is a parody of the song from Toy Story You've Got a Friend in Me.
• WALL-E makes another appearance.
• The carrot guy is a parody of Mr. Potato Head from Toy Story.
• The lamp is a parody of the lamp from the Pixar short Luxo Jr.
• Bart says: "I've always loved cartoons, going way back to the real early SpongeBobs", a reference to Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.
• The movie posters on the walls of the animation studio are all parodies of real movies:
  • Monsters, Ltd. (Monsters, Inc.)
  • The Lyin' King (The Lion King)
  • Kung Fu Koala (Kung Fu Panda)
  • The Not-So-Incredibles (The Incredibles)
• The films showing at awards ceremonies were all parodies:
  • Saakashvili Spring (Persepolis)
  • The Brothers of Beauville (The Triplets of Belleville)
  • Condiments (Toy Story)
  • Willis & Crumble in Better Gnomes and Gardens (Wallace and Gromit)
• Willis & Crumble in Better Gnomes and Gardens, The Brothers of Beauville and Saakashvili Spring were picked as their respective real life films were beaten to awards by Pixar films.
• The sign telling people not to let Ricky Gervais to host is a reference to his controversial hosting at the 68th Golden Globe Awards.
• An arcade machine of the game Ms. Pac-Man is hit by a fire extinguisher during the chaos at BetterThanTV.com.

Trivia

• This episode is a sequel to "I Am Furious (Yellow)".

Continuity

• The episode is based on the continuation of Angry Dad. ("I Am Furious (Yellow)")
• Homer briefly uses his Walter Matthau voice like how he used to speak from the "Tracey Ullman Show" shorts and the Season 1 episodes while doing a speech.

Goofs

• In one scene at the Simpson House, the picture of Maggie on the wall has her baggie colored pink: However, in the next shot, it is blue.
• In real life, Ben Stiller is left-handed. However, in the episode, Stiller is holding a lightsaber in his right hand.
• The Song "Bye Bye Bye" was released in 2000, while in the episode, it's used in a 1999 flashback.

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