Now Museum, Now You Don't/References
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"Now Museum, Now You Don't"
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Cultural references
- The title of the episode is a reference to the phrase "now you see them, now you don't."
- Leonardo da Ninji is a reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and how they're all named after Italian Renaissance, with Leonardo being named after Leonardo da Vinci.
- The first story has Lisa as Lisanardo da Vinci, in a retelling of Leonardo da Vinci's life.
- Little Caesar, the mascot for Little Caesars, appears in Florence, Italy. He is then stabbed in the back in a reference to Julius Caesar. The Noid, the former mascot for Domino's Pizza, then also stabs Little Caesar, causing Little Caesar to say "Et tu, Noidus?"
- Dewey Largo appears as Italian artist Andrea del Verrocchio.
- Other students in Verrocchio's class are:
- The song that Lisanardo sings, "In 1470", is a parody of "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian.
- Lisanardo imagines the Vitruvian Man coming to life and talking to her. The Vitruvian Man then says he'll invent the Charleston dance, then dances it.
- Nelson Muntz portrays King Francis I.
- When Lisanardo is painting her masterpiece, "Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole plays.
- Lisanardo writes The Da Vinci Code and said that if it didn't get Ron Howard to direct, she didn't know what would.
- The Paris, France story seems to be loosely based on Claude Monet.
- The Moulin Rouge makes an appearance. Dancers are dancing to the Can-can, originally from Orpheus in the Underworld.
- Moe plays portrays Toulouse-Moetrec, a reference to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
- "La Marseillaise", the national anthem of France, plays at the end of the France segment.
- Maggie's short story is based on a Raphael painting.
- Homer says that he hasn't heard of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.
- Homer portrays Diego Rivera and Marge portrays Frida Kahlo in a story about their lives.
- El Barto is a parody of Zorro. His theme is a parody of Zorro's main theme.
- Mr. Burns portrays John Davison Rockefeller.
- Diego is tasked to build a mural at the Rockefeller Center.
- Diego Rivera met The Marx Brothers.
- Diego Rivera says that if he plays his cards right, he will direct a Rick and Morty.
- Moe sings the story of "Vincent van Moe", a reference to Vincent van Gogh. Several van Gogh paintings appear in the background.
Trivia
Goofs
- Tomatoes were not introduced into Italy until near the end of Leonardo's life and did not become popular for about 200 years. Lisanardo's mother would not be making tomato sauce.
- Toulouse-Moetrec is seen in 1863, however Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born in 1864.
