Dog of Death/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 3 Episode References
← 053 "Separate Vocations"	054 "Dog of Death"	"Colonel Homer" 055 →

Cultural references

• The scene where Santa's Little Helper is brainwashed (by having his eyes pinned open and watching footage) is a parody of the rehabilitation process of Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. During the montage:
  • Music played as background is the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, just as in the movie.
  • The U. S. president who lifted his dog by the ears was Lyndon B. Johnson, and though the man in the montage does not look like him, a Secret Service agent is seen in the background.
  • The airship crashing in flames is the Hindenburg.
• The music played as Santa's Little Helper gambols through the countryside is from Peter and the Wolf by Serge Prokofiev.
• The veterinarian is closely modeled on Vince Edwards in his role as Ben Casey.
• The Burns mansion is situated at the corner of Croesus and Mammon.

Trivia

• A smaller headline in the Springfield Shopper states that the President and a rock star are to swap wives
• The ornamental lions outside the vet's have bandages.
• The Vet makes his first appearance.

Continuity

• Ned wears Assassins sneakers. ("Bart's Dog Gets an "F"")
• The "missing dog" posters are nailed over the Skinner missing posters. ("Bart the Murderer")

Goofs

• When Santa's Little Helper dies before being revived, the "Santa's Little Helper" sticker on the ECG heart monitor disappears.

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