The Cartridge Family/References
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Cultural references
- The gun shop is based on the shop that the LAPD went to during the North Hollywood bank robbery when they ran out of ammunition.[1]
- The title of this episode is a play on the name of 1970s television series The Partridge Family.[2]
- The end music is the theme to the 1960s show The Avengers.[2]
- The song playing when Homer is sitting and watching things go by while he is waiting five days for his gun is The Waiting by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Petty rarely lets his music be used on television, but being a fan of The Simpsons, he allowed them to use it.[3]
Trivia
- Springfield appears to have very loose gun laws, the only one mentioned being the five day waiting period.
- It is legal to own a fully automatic weapon in Springfield as displayed at the firing range.
- Lenny and Moe appear to be owning AR-15s with Moe's being converted to automatic.
- Mr. Burns in an earlier episode mentioned that Homer not only was definitely not his assailant, but he couldn't have been his assailant due to lacking the appropriate fingers and the cranial capacity to fire a gun.
References
- ↑ Michels, Pete. (2006). The Simpsons The Complete Ninth Season DVD commentary for the episode "The Cartridge Family" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Warren Martyn; Adrian Wood (2000). "The Cartridge Family". BBC. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
- ↑ Scully, Mike. (2006). The Simpsons The Complete Ninth Season DVD commentary for the episode "The Cartridge Family" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
