Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the James Brown song "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag".
• The Lovin' Spoonful's 1966 hit "Summer in the City" is used during the looting sequence.
• The Mafia's journey to the Simpsons' house is a spoof of the opening of HBO's hit drama series The Sopranos, complete with the show's opening theme, "Woke Up This Morning" by Alabama 3.

Trivia

• The settings on Groundskeeper Willie's air conditioner are: Glasgow Winter, Well-Digger's Bum, and Witch's Teat.
• Homer's SpringShield slogan is "Have no fear! SpringShield's present!"
• This is the second appearance of Johnny Tightlips (one of Fat Tony's henchmen.) He also appeared in episode 251 (12-3), "Insane Clown Poppy".
• When the power goes out in Springfield someone yells, "I'm going to miss FOX celebrity boxing!" The night when this episode appeared, celebrity boxing aired right after it.
• The screaming butterfly from the heat wave sequence is the adult screamapillar which made its debut in the previous episode.

Continuity

• Maggie's marksmanship with a rifle is also seen in the Bart Simpson Comics story Maggie's Crib 10.

Production Notes

• Originally aired at 8pm ET on a Wednesday.
  • In some parts of the country this episode was interrupted by coverage of breaking news on the Chandra Levy missing person case.
• This episode was originally supposed to air in season 14, but FOX decided to air a "bonus episode" so that's why "The Frying Game" became the season finale.
• This episode was dedicated to the memory of Stephen Jay Gould. Stephen appeared as himself in the season 9 episode "Lisa the Skeptic".