The Bonfire of the Manatees/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 17 Episode References
← 356 "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star"	357 "The Bonfire of the Manatees"	"The Girl Who Slept Too Little" 358 →

Cultural references

• Carl has a tattoo of Foghorn Leghorn on his right thigh.
• The film Lemony Lick-it's A series of Horny Events is an obvious parody of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
• The song that plays when Mr. Burns and Smithers hydrate the manatee is "Car Wash".
• The episode's title is based on Bonfire of the Vanatees.
• The movie Carl mentions "Farenheit 4 on 1" references the novel Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Trivia

• This is the first season premiere since "Beyond Blunderdome" of Season 11 not to be part of the Treehouse of Horror series.
• This episode was rated TV 14.
• Homer does "The Outhouse Gag" which his father did in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)".

Goofs

• Caleb Thorn says that manatees are also dugongs. He is wrong: manatees and dugongs are found in different places, they are not the same.

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