The Color Yellow/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the Alice Walker novel The Color Purple.

Goofs

• There is a lack of continuity between this episode and the episode Lisa the Simpson, where it is revealed only the males of the Simpson family are failures, whereas the females are often successful and highly intelligent.
• Mabel and Virgil could not cross the "Canadian border" in 1860 as Canada did not become a country until 1867. When they left the United States, they entered an area that was still a British colony at the time.
• The Canadian flag that appears in the episode is not the official flag of Canada until 1965.
• The waltz played at the ball in the flashback to 1860 is "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II, which was not written until 1867.

Continuity

• When Lisa goes to the attic, many objects from previous episodes can be seen, including:
  • A Pin Pals picture ("Team Homer")
  • An "I Didn't Do It" T-shirt ("Bart Gets Famous")
  • Homer's Astrolabe ("'Tis the Fifteenth Season")
  • Homer's Spacesuit ("Deep Space Homer")
  • A large model rocket, taped back together ("She of Little Faith")
  • A calendar with Marge posing on the cover ("The Devil Wears Nada")
  • Funzo ("Grift of the Magi")
  • A Princess Penelope doll ("Once Upon a Time in Springfield")
  • The stone head of Xtapolapocetl ("Blood Feud")
  • Homer's Grammy and a Be Sharps record ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet")
  • The statue of a Golem ("Treehouse of Horror XVII")
  • Homer's Mr. Plow jacket ("Mr. Plow")
  • The vibrating chair given to Homer by Herb Powell ("Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?")
  • One of Marge's paintings of Ringo Starr ("Brush with Greatness")
  • The upper half of Homer's homemade bear protection suit ("The Fat and the Furriest")

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