Kill the Alligator and Run/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

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Quotes

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Cultural references

• The scene of the MTV's VJs belly button ring glowing then she was taken away for being too old by MTV's youth-obsessed standards is a likely reference to Logan's Run.
• The scene which Homer is forced to become a pianist has a line in reference to Apollo 13's famous line "Houston, we have a problem".
• At the soiree, there is an ice sculpture of an electric chair. Florida is one of the states that still allows execution by that method.

Goofs

• In the scene at the spring break concert when Kid Rock first lands on stage, the 2 guitarists have swapped hair colors with each other. In the very next shot, their hair colors are back to normal.
• In the scene where Homer is talking and everyone is looking at him, a woman near him has a line joining one of her eyelashes to another.
• Years before the episode's release, working in a chain gang in Florida was stopped.

Continuity

• One of the Hell's Satans from "Take My Wife, Sleaze" is seen on the jury.
• Admiral Carstairs from "Burns, Baby Burns" is also on the jury.
• One of the truckers from "Maximum Homerdrive" is also on the jury.
• Susan from "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" is seen at the judge's party.

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