Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 6 Episode References
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Cultural References

• Bart's blackboard line, "My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man," is a reference to The Fugitive, though some fans may have interpreted that Bart Simpson was refering to Herman.
• Homer accidentally grabs a nutty photography book by Robert Mapplethorpe at the bookstore.
• Also in the bookstore, the fictional (as in non-existent) Al Gore books Rational Thinking, Reasonable Future (which Lisa mentions) and Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow (which she buys) may be tongue-in-cheek references to Gore's real-life 1992 book, Earth in the Balance.
• When Lisa buys Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow and Gore is notified as soon as the clerk scans it at the counter, the music in the background is very reminiscient of the X-Files theme.
• The "X-Files-style" music also plays when Bart peers through his telescope at the adults (Revitalizing Tonic customers) arriving at their houses, hurrying inside, and closing the curtains.
• The town Lake Flaccid, which Grampa mentions, is a reference to either the movie Lake Placid or to the real-life town of Lake Placid, New York.
• Lisa references Occam's Razor, a real 14th century theory.
• Milhouse's line "We're through the looking-glass here, people" is from Oliver Stone's movie JFK.
• Professor Frink's transformation into a suave man with a deep voice is a reference to Jerry Lewis transforming into Buddy Love in The Nutty Professor.
• When Abe Simpson is selling his tonic, he's mostly seen dressed as a quintessential Southern Colonel, an image most associated with Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Trivia

Among the rooms at the "Aphrodite Inn Fantasy Rooms & Conference Center" are the following:

• The Arabian Nights Room
• The Pharaoh's Chamber (Homer notes that it has a vibrating sarcophagus.)
• The Caveman Room (Mayor Quimby, dressed in an "appropriate" outfit, comes out to say that the toilet is overflowing.)
• The Safari Toom
• The Camelot Room
• The Utility Room (The hotel's actual utility room; Homer and Marge end up here because everything else is booked.)

Errors

• When Homer leaves to 'do some serious thinking' he drives away from the house in the orange station wagon (Marge's car), but arrives at the farmhouse in his pink sedan.
• When Homer and Marge are in the car, between scenes, the windscreen goes missing. It becomes noticeable when the mirror appears and disappears, and Abe's head manages to pop out when he and Homer argue over the getaway music.
• In this episode, both Homer and Grampa set fire to the Simpson farm, and it burns to the ground. The later episode "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" creates a plot hole, as the Simpsons temporarily move to the Simpson farm. It could have been rebuilt.
• Homer's shadow in front of the TV is still there even after 30 years. He could have been in the same position or it may just have been put there to 'show' how much time Homer spends watching TV.
• Homer is shown shaving off his beard stubble, which grows back moments later. This gag was also done in Some Enchanted Evening, where Homer has a clean shaven look for precisely seven seconds, then his stubble regrows.