24 Minutes/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The entire episode is a parody of the show 24, using the same episode structure and style. Jack Bauer, the main character of the show 24 makes a cameo in the episode.
• Martin's ringtone is the theme tune of The Odd Couple.
• Martin's self-wedgie is similar to a scene in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men when Lt. Col. Markinson puts on his dress uniform before killing himself.

Trivia

• While the episode is based around only having 24 minutes the actual episode is about 21 minutes without commercial, It airing with commercials could possibly bring it up to 24.
  • However, the commentator says that the episode takes place between 11:34 and 12:04, 30 minutes.
• Ingredients of the stink bomb: Road kill, Burnt hair, Jimbo's sister's retainer case, Six weeks of bottled farts, Possum placenta, Sweat from a walk-around Goofy suit, and TCBY (That Container of Botulized Yogurt).
• The upside-down newspaper Milhouse is holding is The Springfield Shopper. The headlines read "Mayor's Breath Still Problem", "Corn Less Popular" and "Bake Sale Today".
• In the opening sequence, one of the CTU's computer screens shows Willie making out with Ms. Hoover.
• Among the professional staff at Springfield Elementary is a secretary named Mrs. Lord.
• Martin Prince's Ant Farm brand is from Uncle Milton.
• Jimbo's mom's name is Carol.
• This episode won the 2008 Annie Award for Best Writing in an Animated Television Production.
• In Channel 4 (UK) broadcasts, the scene where Bart writes on his arm "Death Before Homework" is cut.
• The pictures Jimbo drew when he was in second grade are of: him watching The Krusty the Clown Show, him being afraid of monsters in his bedroom closet, him on a rollercoaster and him dispatching an enemy in a shark tank.
• In the school's ventilation system is: a box of 1950s history books labeled "too racist", a box of 1990s history books labeled "not racist enough", Uter stuck in a spider's web and Miss. Hoover and Santa's Little Helper lying passed out next to an empty liquor bottle.

Goofs

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Martin Prince looks into the mirror and the sash is able to read normally.

• Somehow, the lettering on Martin's sash reverses, so it can be read properly in the mirror's reflection, and flips back to normal when he turns around.