Frinkenstein's Monster/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to Frankenstein's Monster.
- Bend It Like Buffett is a reference to Bend It Like Beckham and Warren Buffett.
- The Art of Work is a parody of The Art of War.
- How to Succeed in Business by Trying! is a parody of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
- Professor Frink says that he's never even won in Words with Friends, because he has no friends.
- The work interview is done on Zoom. Homer later imagines being on a zoom call on a monitor mounted on skis.
- Professor Frink mentions the Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, the Nobel Prize, the Oscars and Time magazine.
- When Frink calls Homer a "fat yellow banana slug" Homer is shown munching on a leaf. The banana slug, state mollusk of California, is fat and yellow much like Homer.
- Lori Spivak has pictures of Marie Curie and Rosalind Franklin in her house. She also has degrees from Stanford University and University of Chicago.
- When Onni Korhonen asks Homer about the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) Homer thinks that's the one with the "gun nuts", mistaking them for the NRA (National Rifle Association).
- Homer says to Frink that he doesn't want him to do his March Madness bracket for him.
- When Homer asks the Viking masseuse what Vikings can't do, the masseuse says "Win the Super Bowl", a reference to the Minnesota Vikings NFL team never winning one.
- Life in Hell-sinki is a reference to Matt Groening's Life in Hell comics and to Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. Bongo appears on the cover.
- Homer uses a Chatbot to create dirty limericks.
- "Lisa's Lament" is a parody of "Long Ago and Far Away" by James Taylor.
- In it, in a scene said to come in Season 49, Homer is the stone idol Zardoz, from the movie of the same name.
- Dr. Spivak says that Homer isn't a backup dancer for Rihanna.
- One of the Kevät Kenttä Nuclear Power Plant employees has a Tinder profile picture from nine years ago.
- Marge's vacuum cleaner, the Electrosux, is a tribute to the Electrolux "sled" model including power attachment with working headlight.
Continuity
- List of Homer's jobs in his resume and in "Lisa's Lament" include:
- Being an astronaut. ("Deep Space Homer")
- Being a World Cup referee. ("You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee")
- Working as Mr. Plow. ("Mr. Plow")
- Toothpaste cap screwer.
- Owner of the Denver Broncos. ("You Only Move Twice")
- Captain of SpringShield. ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")
- Working as head crossing guard. ("Homer's Crossing")
- Working as Sanitation commissioner. ("Trash of the Titans")
- Working as a Newspaper food critic. ("Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?")
- Working as a volunteer fireman. ("Crook and Ladder")
- Took cannon balls in stomach. ("Homerpalooza")
- Hosted cable access show. ("Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson")
- Homer as a member of The Be Sharps. ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet")
- Working as a voice actor. ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", "Angry Dad: The Movie")
- Working as a carny. ("Bart Carny")
- Working as a manure salesman. ("Springfield Up")
- Being a Town crier. ("Lisa the Iconoclast")
- Working as a Mall Santa. ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire")
- Working as a used car salesman. ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
- Being a Krusty impersonator. ("Homie the Clown")
- Working as a stand-up comedian. ("Simprovised")
- Working as a Springfield Women's Prison guard. ("Orange is the New Yellow")
- Being a Roadie. ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")
- Working as a grease collector. ("Lard of the Dance")
- Being a prank monkey. ("Homer vs. Dignity")
- Being a fish gutter. ("Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo")
- Being a one man band. ("Bart Gets Famous")
- Pictures of Homer on Lisa's desk include:
- Working as a bodyguard for Quimby. ("Mayored to the Mob")
- Homer as a member of The Be Sharps. ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet")
- Working as the Safety Salamander. ("See Homer Run")
- Working as a dancing mascot for the Springfield Isotopes. ("Dancin' Homer")
- Being an astronaut. ("Deep Space Homer")
- As a sailor aboard the The Relation Ship. ("The Wreck of the Relationship")
- Scenes in "Lisa's Lament" include:
- Being an accountant at the Power Plant. ("The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants")
- Being an astronaut. ("Deep Space Homer")
- Working as a bodyguard for Quimby. ("Mayored to the Mob")
- Working as a boxer. ("The Homer They Fall")
- Working as a football coach for the Springfield Wildcats. ("Bart Star")
- Working as Duffman. ("Waiting for Duffman")
- Being a con artist. ("The Great Money Caper")
- Faking being a carpenter. ("Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em")
- Captain of SpringShield. ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")
- Being a hipster. ("The Day the Earth Stood Cool")
- Turning into a lego figure in "Brick Like Me".
- Working as a Mall Santa. ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire")
- Being undercover as Nicky Bluepants Altosaxophony. ("Donnie Fatso")
- Working as a Monorail conductor. ("Marge vs. the Monorail")
- Working at the Kevät Kenttä Nuclear Power Plant.
- Making a movie with Krusty. ("The Clown Stays in the Picture")
- Being Pie Man. ("Simple Simpson")
- Selling quack medicine with Grampa. ("Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy")
- Being a rock star. ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")
- Carl, Lenny, Barney, Homer, Gil, Kirk and Cletus keeping the Ogdenvillians out of Springfield. ("Coming to Homerica")
- Selling Tomacco plants. ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)").
- Getting into shape to be Everyman. ("Homer the Whopper")
- Being the stone idol Zardoz. (Season 49)
- Lenny and Carl mention Homer being responsible for the dome placed over Springfield. (The Simpsons Movie)
- When Homer falls off the cliff he exclaims not again as he hits his head and body multiple times on the mountain. ("Bart the Daredevil")
- Characters seen in the scenes from previous episodes include:
- Dotty. ("The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants")
- Race Banyon and Buzz Aldrin. ("Deep Space Homer")
- Mark Hamill. ("Mayored to the Mob")
- The FBI agent. ("Donnie Fatso")
- Lyle McCarthy. ("Homer the Whopper")
