Daddicus Finch/References
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Cultural references
- The title of the episode is a reference to the fictional character Atticus Finch from the 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Lisa is reading the novel in the episode. Later, she and Homer watch the movie based on the novel. Afterwards Bart reads a parody of it called To Mock a Killing Bird.
- Watching the movie, Homer waves two opposing pennants: one with lettering "Yay Radley" and one with "Boo Radley", Boo Radley being a key character in the story.
- In the school play, Nelson plays a parody of Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men, including use of a captive bolt pistol and term of address "Friendo".
- The shops at Springfield Mall:
- Poverty Barn is a parody of Pottery Barn.
- Toys Were Us is a parody of Toys "R" Us.
- Goodbye Kitty is a parody of Hello Kitty.
- Destitution Hardware is a parody of Restoration Hardware.
- Kent Brockman interviews three blue-collar men who voted for Donald Trump, asking them how they feel now.
- Homer references The Powerpuff Girls opening saying "Sugar and spice and everything...", which in turn comes from the nursery rhyme "What Are Little Boys Made Of?".
- Clothing lines in Wee Madame:
- Twerking Girl is a reference to Working Girl and twerking.
- Ho Sweet Ho is a reference to the saying "home sweet home".
- Call of Booty is a reference to Call of Duty.
- Raggedy Anorexic is a reference to Raggedy Ann.
- The Edge of Thirteen is a reference to The Edge of Seventeen.
- Jack the Stripper is a reference to Jack the Ripper.
- Homer mentions that a Milk Duds knocked down a 3 Musketeers in the vending machine.
- Heisenberger and Fries is a reference to physicist Werner Heisenberg.
- Professor Farnsworth appears with an exhibit of "The Science of Futurama".
- Miss Hoover had told the class to read the Wikipedia for To Kill a Mockingbird rather than read the book, which she has apparently not read herself.
- Lenny said that his father was the editor of Life magazine.
- Duffman mentions making a Netflix documentary as they will buy any show.
- Homer misquotes King Solomon.
- Shauna parodies Prince's "We're gonna party like it's 1999' with '5799' (2038 to 2039 in the Hebrew calendar).
- Grampa got addicted to Agatha Christie's books.
- The "know-it-all Belgian" to whom he refers is Hercule Poirot.
- At the end, Homer's head is mounted on a R2-D2-looking robot.
- The episode was dedicated to Ricky Jay who passed away on November 24, eight days before this episode aired.
Continuity
- Bart's kids, Jiff and Skippy Simpson, appear in the flashforward at the end of the episode. ("Holidays of Future Passed")
- Homer mistook the 7-day weather forecast for the winning lottery numbers. The meteorologist on TV was previously seen when Homer was encouraged by his hallucination of Dr. Stradivarius Cain to build up his confidence by flirt with strangers and walked to her and said, "You know what wood makes the best ventriloquist dummy? Maple." ("The Spy Who Learned Me")
- The weather cast woman was present at a party before. ("The Spy Who Learned Me")
Goofs
- Willie is seen both in the synagogue at Shauna's bat mitzvah and as the server at the reception at the same time.
- One of the people in the angry mob loads a magazine in a revolver.
