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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The title is a reference to the popular saying, {{w|Thank God It's Friday}}.
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*The title is a reference to the popular saying, {{W|Thank God It's Friday}}.
*The movie ''[[Left Below]]'' is a parody of ''{{w|Left Behind: The Movie}}''.
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*The movie ''[[Left Below]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Left Behind: The Movie}}''.
*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 ''{{w|Hair (musical)|Hair}}''.
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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}}''.
*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.  
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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.  
*In heaven, {{w|Leonardo da Vinci}} is shown drawing, with his left hand, a portrait of {{w|Dean Martin}} in the style of the {{w|Mona Lisa}}.
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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 abstract art above the bed in heaven is in the style of {{w|Piet Mondrian}}.  
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*Among the changing art pictures displayed above the bed in heaven are:
*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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**A painting of colored rectangles in the style of {{W|Piet Mondrian}};
*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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**The classic {{W|Farrah Fawcett}} poster that sold 12 million copies;
*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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**The "{{W|Syndics of the Drapers' Guild}}" painting by {{W|Rembrandt}} (also used in Dutch Masters cigar boxes);
*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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**What appear to be {{W2|Haystacks|Monet}} like those painted by [[Claude Monet]].
*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 song played as Homer enters heaven is "{{W|The Flower Duet}}" from the opera ''{{W|Lakmé}}'' by {{W|Léo Delibes}}.
*The skeleton of the crashed [[Duff blimp]], with flames, is a reference to the {{w|Hindenburg Disaster}}.
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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]].
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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*[[Homer]] knows the meaning of "eponymous."
 
*[[Homer]] knows the meaning of "eponymous."
 
*The cart of wind chimes that [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] back into at the mall carries the sign, "[[Tinkle in the Wind]]".
 
*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]]
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==

Latest revision as of 02:23, October 16, 2021

References/Trivia


Season 16 Episode References
353 "A Star Is Torn"
354
"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