Marge Gamer/References

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	Season 18 Episode References
← 394 "Homerazzi"	395 "Marge Gamer"	"The Boys of Bummer" 396 →

Cultural references

• Homer headbutts a linesman just as Zinedine Zidane headbutted Marco Materazzi in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final. Then he rips off his shirt like Brandi Chastain did in the 1999 Women's World Cup Final.
• Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" plays during the football brawl Lisa watches on DVD. Other music in the episode includes the Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari" (as Marge uses the Web), Paul Revere and the Raiders' "Kicks" (as Homer officiates the game) and "Phoenix Rises" from the X-Men: The Last Stand soundtrack (when Bart revives Marge in the game).
• Earthland Realms is a parody of MMORPGs. Most of the references are to the Everquest game franchise but a few are also made to the more popular World of Warcraft. The Simpsons Game also references Everquest with its "Neverquest" subgame, with some character models being used in both this episode and game.
• Mr. Burns asked Marge if he was at The Wall Street Journal online.
• This episode aired six months after the South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" which had similar themes, including a reference to Hello Kitty online.
• American Dad aired a similar episode, in which Steve Smith develops an unstoppable character, who is killed by his sister Haley, and who goes to great lengths to resurrect his character.
• Bart's character in the game looks like the knight from Monty Python's Holy Grail and when all the characters dance around the shadow knight he is missing his arms and legs like the scene from the film. He acts like a Ringwraith/Sauron from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Trivia

• This episode first aired three days after the 20th anniversary of the first-ever appearance of The Simpsons on television, in the Tracy Ullman short "Good Night".
• Ronaldo wears a Brazil kit (yellow, green and blue) and the all-white Real Madrid kit in this episode. However, by the time the episode aired, Ronaldo had left Real Madrid to join AC Milan, who wear red and black stripes
• When Ronaldo is watching Homer, Lisa and Bart playing football, he has his Brazil kit on. However, when he walks towards Homer, it changes to the Real Madrid kit.