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== Cultural References ==
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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the [[wikipedia:Elvis_Presley|Elvis Presley]] song "[[wikipedia:Love_Me_Tender_(song)|Love Me Tender]]."
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*The episode title is a pun on the [[Elvis Presley]] song "{{W2|Love Me Tender|song}}".
*The blackboard gag references the finale episodes of two shows:
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*The blackboard text refers to the series finale of ''[[Lost]]'', which aired the same day as "Judge Me Tender".
**[[wikipedia:St._Elsewhere|''St. Elsewhere'']] - The finale revealed that the entire series was the dream of an autistic boy.
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*The magazine ''[[World Weekly News]]'' (which [[Homer]] shows [[Bart]] as they prepare to enter [[Santa's Little Helper]] in the Ugliest Dog contest) is a parody of the real-life tabloid magazine ''{{W|Weekly World News}}'' with pop icon "[[Bat Boy]]" on its cover.
**[[wikipedia:Lost_(TV_series)|''Lost'']] - The series finale aired on May 23, 2010, the same day as "[[Judge Me Tender]]."
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*At the [[Springfield Pet Fair]], a banner says "Meet the stuffed dog from '{{ap|Frasier|TV series}}'".
*On the cover of the magazine Simon and Moe are on, it says "''Simon Cowell with the creature from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pans_labyrinth|Pan's Pan's Labyrinth]'''
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*[[Lisa]] says to [[Ned Flanders]] "So that 'natural selection' was the origin of this species?", referencing ''{{W|On the Origin of Species}}'' by [[Charles Darwin]].
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*[[Moe]] says that "{{W|PETA}} called and said they should kill this one" about of the dogs at the [[Ugly Dog Contest]].
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*During Moe's judging montage, "Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me?" by [[The White Stripes]] plays.
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*Reality shows mentioned:
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**''America's Ripest Bananas''; possibly a reference to ''{{W|America's Next Top Model}}''.
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**''So You Think You Can Judge?''; a reference to ''{{W2|So You Think You Can Dance|American TV series}}''.
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**''Who Wants to be a Welder?''; a reference to ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]''.
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**''Poodle Versus Elephant''
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**''Leg Swap''; a reference to ''{{W2|Wife Swap|American TV series}}''.
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**''Old People Try to Figure Out Computers''
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**''[[American Idol]]''
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**''Dancing With Cars of the Stars''; a reference to ''{{W|Dancing with the Stars}}''.
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**''America's Drunkest Nobody''; possibly a reference to ''{{W|America's Next Top Model}}''.
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**''Let's Make a Veal''; a reference to ''{{W|Let's Make a Deal}}''.
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**''Somali Pirate Apprentice''; a reference to ''{{W2|The Apprentice|American TV series}}''.
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**''Fix Andy Dick''; referencing {{Ch|Andy Dick}}.
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**''Bottom Chef''; a reference to ''{{W|Top Chef}}''.
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**''My Life on Kathy Griffin''; referencing {{Ch|Kathy Griffin}}.
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**''Pimp My Crypt''; a reference to ''{{W|Pimp My Ride}}''.
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**''Are You Fatter than a Fifth Grader''; a reference to ''{{W|Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?}}''.
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**''Grave Robbers of Orange County''; a reference to ''{{W|The Real Housewives of Orange County}}''.
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*The limo driver puts on "{{W|Sweet Home Alabama}}" by {{W|Lynyrd Skynyrd}}.
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*The [[Fox]] Lot with a billboard for {{W|Animation Domination}} is seen.
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*When [[Lisa]] and [[Santa's Little Helper]] are scooting together, "{{W|Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2}}" by {{W|Franz Liszt}} plays.
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*On the cover of the magazine ''[[Hullo!]], it says "''{{Ch|Simon Cowell}} with creature from ''{{W|Pan's Labyrinth}}''".
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*On ''American Idol'', a contestant sings "[[Happy Birthday to You]]".
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*{{Ch|Kara DioGuardi}} mentioned that the contestant's singing of "{{W2|Brown Sugar|Rolling Stones song}}" by [[The Rolling Stones]] last week made {{Ch|Mick Jagger}} retire from singing forever.
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*When {{Ch|Ellen DeGeneres}} is asked for her opinion of a contestant's performance on ''[[American Idol]]'', she goes on a ramble during which she mentions that she loves ''{{ap|Dilbert|franchise}}''.
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**Ellen also mentions the song "{{W2|Ramblin' Man|The Allman Brothers Band song}}" by {{W|The Allman Brothers Band}}.
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*When Homer is shown in the bed with Marge, he had described himself as the "[[Tiger Woods]]" of sex referring to Woods' sex affairs.
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*{{Ch|Rupert Murdoch}} tells Moe to put on {{Ch|Jay Leno}} in [[Moe's Tavern]].
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*[[Ron Finkelsteinberg]] works for Uncreative Artists Agent, a reference to {{W|Creative Artists Agency}} based in Century City, Los Angeles.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
*During the opening credits, Lisa's saxophone is replaced with a trumpet.
 
*During the opening credits, Lisa's saxophone is replaced with a trumpet.
*This is the first time [[Ralf Wiggum]] swears.
 
  
 
== Goofs ==
 
== Goofs ==
 
*In the scene where the American Idol judges comment on the competitor's performance, at first Randy and Ellen can be seen sitting next to Kara. However, when Kara comments on the performance, Simon and Moe can be seen sitting next to Kara.
 
*In the scene where the American Idol judges comment on the competitor's performance, at first Randy and Ellen can be seen sitting next to Kara. However, when Kara comments on the performance, Simon and Moe can be seen sitting next to Kara.
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*Despite the judges being a good distance apart, the audience behind them doesn't change in close ups of individual judges.
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
*Moe was adored by all Springfieldians in [[Pygmoelian]]
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*In Moe's Tavern, there are pictures of Otto, Apu, Homer and himself in [[Pin Pals|The Pin Pals]] ("[[Team Homer]]") and the Springfield Base Ball team ("[[Homer at the Bat]]").
*In Moe's Tavern there are pictures of Otto, Apu, Homer and himself in [[The Pin Pals]] ([[Team Homer]]) and the Springfield Base Ball team ([[Homer at the Bat]]).
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Latest revision as of 14:36, March 14, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 21 Episode References
463 "The Bob Next Door"
464
"Judge Me Tender"
"Elementary School Musical" 465


Cultural references[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • During the opening credits, Lisa's saxophone is replaced with a trumpet.

Goofs[edit]

  • In the scene where the American Idol judges comment on the competitor's performance, at first Randy and Ellen can be seen sitting next to Kara. However, when Kara comments on the performance, Simon and Moe can be seen sitting next to Kara.
  • Despite the judges being a good distance apart, the audience behind them doesn't change in close ups of individual judges.

Continuity[edit]

Season 21 References
Homer the Whopper Bart Gets a "Z" The Great Wife Hope Treehouse of Horror XX The Devil Wears Nada Pranks and Greens Rednecks and Broomsticks Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou? Thursdays with Abie Once Upon a Time in Springfield Million Dollar Maybe Boy Meets Curl The Color Yellow Postcards from the Wedge Stealing First Base The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed American History X-cellent Chief of Hearts The Squirt and the Whale To Surveil with Love Moe Letter Blues The Bob Next Door Judge Me Tender