Fland Canyon/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 27 Episode References
← 592 "How Lisa Got Her Marge Back"	593 "Fland Canyon"	"To Courier with Love" 594 →

Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a portmanteau combining "Flanders" with Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona.
• Ralph is seen in the title screen wearing a Charlie Brown shirt, flying a kite, and saying "Take that, Kite-Eating Tree", all references to the Peanuts comic strip.
• The couch gag's style, character designs and music are based on Disney cartoons, in particular Mickey Mouse's black and white cartoons, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Jungle Book and Fantasia. It was animated by Eric Goldberg who has been an animator for several Disney films.
• Homer sings to Maggie his rendition of Brahms lullaby by Jewel.
• Maggie holds the Little Red Riding Hood book for Homer to read.
• The Flanders sing Go Tell It on the Mountain.
• The music heard as the Simpsons and Flanders ride their mules is "On the Trail" from the Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofe.
• TV companies camped in Grand Canyon:
  • HBO
  • The Car Chase Channel
  • Channel Ocho
  • Netflix
  • Tragedy Central, a parody of Comedy Central
  • NBC

Continuity

• Lisa is shown to be eating and enjoying bacon, and tells Maggie that it was before she becomes a vegetarian. ("Lisa the Vegetarian")

Trivia

• In the official synopsis, Bart goes with Ned instead of Homer to find supplies.

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