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References/Trivia


Cultural references

  • The gun shop is based on the shop that the LAPD went to during the North Hollywood bank robbery when they ran out of ammunition.[1]
  • The title of this episode is a play on the name of 1970s television series The Partridge Family.[2]
  • The end music is the theme to the 1960s show The Avengers.[2]
  • The song playing when Homer is sitting and watching things go by while he is waiting five days for his gun is The Waiting by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Petty rarely lets his music be used on television, but being a fan of The Simpsons, he allowed them to use it.[3]

References

  1. Michels, Pete. (2006). The Simpsons The Complete Ninth Season DVD commentary for the episode "The Cartridge Family" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Warren Martyn; Adrian Wood (2000). "The Cartridge Family". BBC. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
  3. Scully, Mike. (2006). The Simpsons The Complete Ninth Season DVD commentary for the episode "The Cartridge Family" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

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