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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a parody of a {{w|Gone Girl (novel)|book}} and a film ''{{w|Gone Girl (film)|Gone Girl}}''.
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*The title of the episode is a parody of a {{W2|Gone Girl|novel|book}} and a film ''{{W2|Gone Girl|film}}''.
*[[Milhouse]] mentions {{w|Harry Horse}}.
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*On the title screen, "{{W|Deck the Halls}}" plays.
*The vynil collection in the bunker has:
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*"{{W|Once in Royal David's City}}" plays during the [[couch gag]].
**[[Frank Sinatra|Sinatra]]'s Ruins Dylan, a reference to [[Bob Dylan]]'s {{w|Triplicate (Bob Dylan album)|Triplicate}} album, in which he sings covers of Frank Sinatra's song.
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*[[Milhouse]] mentions {{W|Harry Horse}}.
**[[Elvis Presley]]'s Doin' It for the Money, a reference to his song {{w|G.I. Blues (album)|Doin' the Best I Can}}.
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*When the 1962 film clip begins to play in the bunker, "{{W2|The U.S. Air Force|song}}" song plays.
*Calvin and the Hipmunks, a reference to both {{w|Alvin and the Chipmunks}}, and their robotic dopplegangers Calvin and the Hip Munks.
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**The general in the clip says that casualties of 200 million are an acceptable loss, a number greater than the entire population of the United States at that time.
*[[Squeaky-voiced teen]] brings [[Sideshow Bob]] {{w|The New Yorker}}, while Bob mentions the {{w|New York (magazine)|New York magazine}}.
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**1962 was the year of the {{W|Cuban Missile Crisis}}, during which imminent thermonuclear was a real fear.
*Sideshow Bob mentions {{w|William Thon}}.
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*[[Grampa]] recognizes the sound of the ignition sequence of the {{W|LGM-25C Titan II}} missile.
*Sideshow Bob sings songs from {{w|Gilbert and Sullivan}}.
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*The vinyl collection in the bunker has:
==Continuity==
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**[[Frank Sinatra]]'s ''[[Sinatra Ruins Dylan]]'', a reference to [[Bob Dylan]]'s ''{{W2|Triplicate|Bob Dylan album}}'' album, in which he sings covers of Frank Sinatra's songs.
*Sideshow Bob steps on a [[Rake|rake]] repeatedly by himself. ("[[Cape Feare]]")
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**[[Elvis Presley]]'s ''[[Doin' It for the Money]]'', a reference to his song "{{W2|G.I. Blues|album|Doin' the Best I Can}}".
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**''[[Calvin and the Hipmunks]]'', a reference to both ''{{W|Alvin and the Chipmunks}}'' and their robotic dopplegangers ''Calvin and the Hip Munks''. The Hipunks then sing "{{W|God Bless America}}" by [[Irving Berlin]].
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*[[Squeaky-voiced teen]] brings [[Sideshow Bob]] ''[[The New Yorker]]''. Bob also mentions the ''{{W2|New York|magazine}}'' magazine.
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**Sideshow Bob mentions {{W|William Shawn}}.
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*Sideshow Bob sings "[[I Have a Song to Sing, O!]]" from ''{{W|The Yeomen of the Guard}}'' by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]].
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*[[Homer]] mentions that {{Ch|Shaquille O'Neal}} has a [[Superman]] tattoo on his arm.
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*The picture on the wall behind the [[Prison psychiatrist]] is of the {{W|Yosemite Valley}}.
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*When [[Sideshow Bob]] tells the psychiatrist "Evil is not a choice," he is alluding to the same statement made regarding homosexuality.
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*[[Renter-Prise Dent-a-Car]] is a reference to {{W|Enterprise Rent-A-Car}}.
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=== Opening sequence ===
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*[[Milhouse]] is dressed as {{W|Linus van Pelt}} from ''[[Peanuts]]''.
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*[[Patty]] and [[Selma]] are dressed like Elsa and Anna from ''[[Frozen]]'' respectively.
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*[[Mr. Burns]] is dressed as the White Witch from ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''.
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*[[Tom Petty]] appears as an angel playing a guitar. He died 2 months before the airing of the episode on October 2, [[2017]].
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== Trivia ==
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*The fibers of the mophead in the bunker form the shape of Sideshow Bob's hair.
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== Continuity ==
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*Bart loses his lucky red hat again. ("[[Bart Gets Famous]]")
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*Sideshow Bob steps on a [[rake]] repeatedly by himself. ("[[Cape Feare]]")
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*In the shrine to Bart that Marge makes is a picture of a young toddler Bart banging pots together. ("[[Lisa's First Word]]")
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**Also, a picture of little Lisa putting an adhesive bandage on little Bart's knee. ("[[Lisa on Ice]]")
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*A pillow with [[Mr. Sparkle]]'s image is on Lisa's bed. ("[[In Marge We Trust]]")
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=== Opening sequence ===
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*The [[Grand Pumpkin]] appears. ("[[Treehouse of Horror XIX]]")
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*The [[Gnome in Your Home]] appears. ("[[The Nightmare After Krustmas]]")
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== Goofs ==
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*It's still snowing six months after Christmas outside [[Springfield Penitentiary]].
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Latest revision as of 18:43, August 25, 2022

References/Trivia


Season 29 Episode References
626 "Mr. Lisa's Opus"
627
"Gone Boy"
"Haw-Haw Land" 628


Cultural references[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • The fibers of the mophead in the bunker form the shape of Sideshow Bob's hair.

Continuity[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

Goofs[edit]

Season 29 References
The Serfsons Springfield Splendor Whistler's Father Treehouse of Horror XXVIII Grampy Can Ya Hear Me The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be Singin' in the Lane Mr. Lisa's Opus Gone Boy Haw-Haw Land Frink Gets Testy Homer Is Where the Art Isn't 3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage Fears of a Clown No Good Read Goes Unpunished King Leer Lisa Gets the Blues Forgive and Regret Left Behind Throw Grampa from the Dane Flanders' Ladder