One Angry Lisa/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a reference to the 1957 film 12 Angry Men.
- Pedalon is a parody of Peloton Interactive. Homer mentions the brand by accident, before he corrects himself.
- The statue of David by Michelangelo is seen on TV.
- When Homer leaves bed to assemble the exercise bike, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky plays.
- The music heard as Homer tries to wrestle the Pedalon box through the door is from the overture to La gazza ladra.
- When Marge started to get tired of exercising, the camera feeds of the people start to spin in a tornado shape and the music becomes reminiscent of the tornado scene from The Wizard of Oz.
- Marge owns an Amazon Alexa.
- Jesse quotes Nelson Mandela.
- Grampa has a Petticoat Junction mug.
- Jesse plays "Taps" by Daniel Butterfield because Marge "killed it today".
- Marge drinks Pedalon Kool-Aid. This is a reference to the expression "Drinking the Kool-Aid".
- Backgrounds during the private ride include the Taj Mahal, Big Ben, and the Planet Express ship with Philip J. Fry and Turanga Leela from Futurama.
- Jesse buys overpriced NFTs.
- Jesse plays the song "Just the Two of Us" by Grover Washington Jr. Later, Homer and Marge sing it.
- On the court jury, Agnes Skinner reads Legally Blonde by Amandra Brook, Bernice Hibbert reads The Last Juror by John Grisham and Fat Tony reads Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie.
- Chief Wiggum took a crime scene photo using an iPhone X.
- Cletus thinks he's at an episode of Judge Judy.
- During the private ride, the background is of the Great Wall of China.
- A sign along the Great Wall of China says that the next McDonald's is two miles away.
- Jesse says that one of the wonders of China is Bitcoin mines.
- Reverend Lovejoy says that Google bought the First Church of Springfield.
- Judge Constance Harm was playing Wordle whilst working.
Trivia[edit]
- Homer breaks the fourth wall when he mentions "Peloton", before correcting himself to "Pedalon" whilst looking at the camera. He then tells the audience "You know what I mean."
- When Marge gets on Lisa's bike, the opening scene and theme plays backwards, with her instead of Bart.
- This episode was banned in China due to a joke about Chinese labor camps ("...forced labor camps where children make smartphones.")
Continuity[edit]
- Bart goes to Itchy & Scratchy Land. ("Itchy & Scratchy Land")
