Simpsons Bible Stories/References
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Cultural references
Marge's Dream
- Marge's Dream is a retelling of the creation myth with Homer portraying Adam and Marge portraying Eve. Ned Flanders portrays God and Snake Jailbird portrays the Temptation Serpent.
- God hands Eve a stack of People magazines, a real magazine.
Lisa's Dream
- Lisa's Dream is a retelling of the Book of Exodus with Milhouse Van Houten portraying Moses.
- The segment borrows many elements from the film The Ten Commandments by Cecil B. DeMille.
- Sherri and Terri's skipping song mentions Abraham, who begat Isaac, who begat Jacob.
- Mrs. Krabapatra is a reference to Cleopatra.
- After eating the frogs, the Pharaoh says that Ra has rewarded his cruelty to the slaves.
- After throwing Moses and Lisa into a tomb, Clancy Wiggum tells them to give his regards to the British Museum.
Homer's Dream
- Homer's Dream is a retelling of the story of Solomon, with Homer portraying King Solomon.
- One of Solomon's cases is Jesus Christ vs. Checker Chariot, a reference to Checker Taxi.
Bart's Dream
- Bart's Dream is a retelling of David and Goliath with Bart portraying King David and Nelson Muntz portraying Goliath II. Abraham Simpson portrays Methuselah.
- Krusty the Clown mentions Jezebel and her moving to Sodom.
- Goliath II is a reference to the Disney film Goliath II.
- Santa's Little Helper speaks to King David in a similar voice as Goliath from the children's animated show Davey and Goliath.
- King David cuts off Goliath II's hair and says that he no longer possesses his strength. Goliath II then says that was Samson.
- "Winner Takes It All" by Sammy Hagar plays during King David's training montage.
- Jonah from the story of Jonah and the Whale is seen inside the whale skeleton that Goliath II throws out of the Tower of Babel.
- "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky plays when Goliath II gets up again after being defeated.
Ending
- "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC plays at the end of the episode.
Trivia
- Whilst God usually has four fingers and a thumb, Ned Flanders portraying God in Marge's Dream has the usual Simpsons three fingers and a thumb.
- When Goliath (Nelson) is eating, he throws a whale carcass out the window of his tower which lands in front of David (Bart). He then throws out a corn cob which is surprisingly the same size as the whale carcass.
Goofs
- In church, Charlie has dark gray hair instead of his usual dirty blond hair.
Continuity
- In the second segment, when Moses and Lisa are trapped in the Egyptian tomb, the Orb of Isis is sitting on a pedastel. ("Lost Our Lisa")
