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==Cultural References==
 
  
*The title is a reference to the popular saying, [[wikipedia:Thank God It's Friday|Thank God It's Friday]].
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== Cultural references ==
*The song playing when Homer is throwing away his books on the Rapture is [[wikipedia:Three Dog Night|Three Dog Night]]'s version of "Easy To Be Hard" from the musical ''[[wikipedia:Hair (musical)|Hair]]''.
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*The title is a reference to the popular saying, {{W|Thank God It's Friday}}.
*God's chair is an [[wikipedia:Aeron chair|Aeron chair]] manufactured by [[wikipedia:Herman Miller|Herman Miller]] of [[wikipedia:Michigan|Michigan]].
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*The movie ''[[Left Below]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Left Behind: The Movie}}''.
*Among the deceased seen in heaven are [[wikipedia:Leonardo Da Vinci|Leonardo Da Vinci]] and [[wikipedia:Dean Martin|Dean Martin]].
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*The song playing when Homer is throwing away his books on the Rapture is {{W|Three Dog Night}}'s version of "Easy To Be Hard" from the musical ''{{W2|Hair|musical}}''.
*[[wikipedia:Charlie Brown|Charlie Brown]] is shown for the fourth time. The first time he was seen in his ghost costume in "[[Treehouse of Horror II]]", the second time a candle version of him was seen in "[[Grade School Confidential]]" and the third time as a costume in "[[Treehouse of Horror XIV]]".
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*God's chair is an {{W|Aeron chair}} manufactured by {{W|Herman Miller}}, except that God's chair floats and does not have a base.  
*The song played as Homer enters heaven is "The Flower Duet" from the opera ''[[wikipedia:Lakmé|Lakmé]]'' by [[wikipedia:Léo Delibes|Léo Delibes]].
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*In heaven, [[Leonardo da Vinci]] is shown drawing, with his left hand, a portrait of [[Dean Martin]] in the style of the {{W|Mona Lisa}}.
*The clock labelled [[Heaven]] is on [[wikipedia:UTC|UTC]] or UTC+12 relative to the other clocks labelled [[London]], [[New York]] and [[Tokyo]].
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*Among the changing art pictures displayed above the bed in heaven are:
*When God turns backs time, he exclaims "[[wikipedia:deus ex machina|deus ex machina]]". This literary machinism is used ironically because it means "God from the machine" and refers to an inexplicable resolution to an unsolvable problem--which are both elements of what happens in the episode when the Apocalypse is undone.
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**A painting of colored rectangles in the style of {{W|Piet Mondrian}};
*The scene at the end of the episode, where Homer and his bar pals are sat drinking, resembles the [[wikipedia:Last Supper|Last Supper]] painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, with Homer posing as [[Jesus]].
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**The classic {{W|Farrah Fawcett}} poster that sold 12 million copies;
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**The "{{W|Syndics of the Drapers' Guild}}" painting by {{W|Rembrandt}} (also used in Dutch Masters cigar boxes);
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**What appear to be {{W2|Haystacks|Monet}} like those painted by [[Claude Monet]].
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*The song played as Homer enters heaven is "{{W|The Flower Duet}}" from the opera ''{{W|Lakmé}}'' by {{W|Léo Delibes}}.
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*The clock labelled [[Heaven]] is on {{W|UTC}} or UTC+12 relative to the other clocks labelled [[London]], [[New York]] and [[Tokyo]].
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*God tells Homer that his son, [[Jesus Christ]], went down to Earth and he doesn't know what happened to him, but his son hasn't been the same since. This is a reference to the {{W|Crucifixion of Jesus}}.
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*When God turns back time, he exclaims "{{W|Deus ex machina}}", a plot device meaning "God from the machine". It is used ironically since this was the act of the real God to solve an otherwise unsolvable problem, not the god from the mechanical contrivance that ancient Greek dramatists used for the same purpose.
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*In the scene at [[Moe's]] at the end of the episode, Homer and his pals are posed to resemble the {{W|Last Supper}} fresco by [[Leonardo da Vinci]], with Homer in the center as [[Jesus]].
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*The skeleton of the crashed [[Duff blimp]], with flames, is a reference to the {{W|Hindenburg Disaster}}.
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*[[Moe]]'s sushi bar, "Tokyo Roe's", is a parody of {{W|Tokyo Rose}}, a voice broadcasting Japanese propaganda to Allied soldiers during [[World War II]].
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*[[Krusty]] mentions he doesn't want to die next to [[Kathy Griffin]].
  
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== Trivia ==
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*God is drawn with 5 fingers on each hand and 5 toes on each foot.
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*[[Homer]] knows the meaning of "eponymous."
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*The cart of wind chimes that [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] back into at the mall carries the sign, "[[Tinkle in the Wind]]".
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*Celebrities in the [[Duff blimp]] include:
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**{{Ch|Bette Midler}}
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**{{Ch|Ron Howard}}
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**{{Ch|David Crosby}}
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**{{Ch|Joan Rivers}}
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**[[Rosie O'Donnell]]
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== Continuity ==
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*[[Charlie Brown]] is shown for the fourth time. The first time he was seen in his ghost costume in "[[Treehouse of Horror II]]", the second time a candle version of him was seen in "[[Grade School Confidential]]" and the third time as a costume in "[[Treehouse of Horror XIV]]".
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References/Trivia


Season 16 Episode References
353 "A Star Is Torn"
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"Thank God It's Doomsday"
"Home Away from Homer" 355


Cultural references[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Continuity[edit]

Season 16 References
Treehouse of Horror XV All's Fair in Oven War Sleeping with the Enemy She Used to Be My Girl Fat Man and Little Boy Midnight Rx Mommie Beerest Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass Pranksta Rap There's Something About Marrying On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister Goo Goo Gai Pan Mobile Homer The Seven-Beer Snitch Future-Drama Don't Fear the Roofer The Heartbroke Kid A Star Is Torn Thank God It's Doomsday Home Away from Homer The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star