Girl's in the Band/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 30 Episode References
← 657 "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy"	658 "Girl's in the Band"	"I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh" 659 →

Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the play The Boys in the Band.
• The episode is a parody of the 2014 film Whiplash. J. K. Simmons voices Victor, a parody of his character from the movie, Terence Fletcher.
• Homer mentions Breaking Bad, then takes out a hat, glasses and beard, to appear like Walter White. A parody of the Breaking Bad intro then plays, with the words [C]ommercial [B]reak.
  • Breaking Bad was previously parodied in the Breaking Bad Couch Gag from the season 24 episode "What Animated Women Want".
• The Knight Rider theme is played.

Continuity

• The Northern Irish leprechaun appears. ("Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes")

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