Top Goon/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the 1986 action drama film Top Gun, and to the unofficial enforcer role in ice hockey, also known as the "goon".
- The Top Goon Academy is a parody of the Top Gun Academy.
- A parody of the instrumental rock composition "Top Gun Anthem" is heard in several scenes throughout the episode.
- King Toot's Kawabashi Leaf Ninja blower is a pun on Kawasaki Ninja, a name given to several series of Kawasaki sport bikes.
The costumes during Halloween include Barney as Wario, Carl as Spider-Man, Homer as George Washington and Lenny as a guard from Squid Game
- The celebration days at Moe's include:
- Valentine's Day
- Saint Patrick's Day, also known as St. Paddy's.
- Fourth of July, in which Homer is dressed as George Washington.
- Halloween. In this celebration:
- Barney is dressed as Wario from the Mario series.
- Carl is dressed as Spider-Man.
- Homer is again dressed as George Washington.
- Lenny is dressed as a guard from the South Korean TV thriller series Squid Game.
- The ads at Springfield Ice Rink include:
- Phineas Q. Butterfat's Ice Cream Parlor, which is partly inspired in Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour, a now-defunct national chain which first started in Portland, Oregon.
- Five Seasons Springfield, a parody of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
- Bart performs the moonwalk after scoring.
- Nelson steals Martin's pierogies from his lunch box. These are boiled dumplings traditional in Eastern Europe and German-speaking regions. Martin says that his "Oma", a German term for grandmother, makes them once per week.
- Moe mentions the Bubonic plague.
- "The Sailor's Hornpipe" plays at the start of the match between the Bar Flyers and the Ice Lubbers.
- At Top Goon Academy, Tiger Williams also teaches the book Beloved by Toni Morrison.
- "The Hockey Song" by Stompin' Tom Connors plays during the Top Goon Academy montage and over the episode's closing credits.
- Moe used to be the bartender in the penalty box at the Philadelphia Spectrum. He said that he got teeth in his tip jar and, over time, got Phil Esposito's whole mouth.
The Top Goon jacket Nelson is given resemblances the iconic G-1 military flight jacket wore by Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun
- The Top Goon jacket Nelson is given resemblances the iconic G-1 military flight jacket wore by Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) in Top Gun.
- The calendar seen at the Springfield Mafia club is "Goomar of the Month", with "Goomar" meaning Mafia mistress in American English. The term is later used by Fat Tony.
- The Glitz Carlton is a parody of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.
- "Through the Fire" by Larry Greene, from the Top Gun soundtrack plays at the end of the episode.
- The Wizard of Ows Physical Therapy is a reference to The Wizard of Oz.
Trivia
- Maggie doesn't appear in the episode.
Continuity
- The Bar Flyers visit Winners' Pizza after their victory. ("There Will Be Buds")
- The Duff Blimp is also used to egg-bomb Springfield in the comic story Free Range.
