Homer and Apu/References

References/Trivia

Season 5 Episode References

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Cultural references

When James Woods applies as the new Kwik-E-Mart cashier, he mentions films that featured him which are True Believer, Salvador, The Onion Field and Chaplin.
Homer's refusal to spy on Apu references to Lee Harvey Oswald.
The scene of Apu taking the bullet aimed at James Woods is similar to Clint Eastwood's actions in the film In the Line of Fire.
The scenes of Homer and Apu travelling to find the Kwik-E-Mart president feature music from Lawrence of Arabia.

The undercover news van has "ORDINARY VAN" written on it in huge letters.
According to the deleted scenes, Apu wears a wig.
The Kwik-E-Mart does not accept checks from Chief Wiggum, Reverend Lovejoy, Homer J. Simpson, Homer S. Simpson, H. J. Simpson, Homor Simpson or Homer J. Fong.
A sign in the world's first convenience store reads: The Master Knows All Except Combination To Safe.
The slogan of the Monstromart: Where Shopping Is A Baffling Ordeal.
The license plate of the ambulance reads: SLIP

This episode was nominated for the 1994 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics for the song, "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?".
Clear back in the Season 1 DVD commentary, we learn that Apu's last name "Nahasapeemapetilon" was the full name of a high school friend of writer Jeff Martin.

Apu looks into the dining room window and sees the family room with the couch and TV. This is not possible, because the family room is on the other side of the house. However, Homer could have moved the table and replaced it with the couch and TV.
At the beginning of the episode, Martin Prince has a purple shirt which in the next shot changes to its usual white.
At the end of "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" when Apu looks at the Kwik-E-Mart from a distance, the store's name is instead written as "Knik-E-Mart".

Apu is also seen employing deceptive marketing tactics (albeit neither as blatantly nor as egregiously as in this episode) in the comic story Kwik-E-Mart Holiday Savings Circular.

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