• New article from the Springfield Shopper: Season 36 News: A new episode title, “Ladies Night”, has been announced, also announcing the season 36 premiere episode!
  • New article from the Springfield Shopper: Season 35 News: A Sneak Peek for “Bart’s Brain” has been released!
  • Wikisimpsons needs more Featured Article, Picture, Quote, Episode and Comprehensive article nominations!
  • Wikisimpsons has a Discord server! Click here for your invite! Join to talk about the wiki, Simpsons and Tapped Out news, or just to talk to other users.
  • Make an account! It's easy, free, and your work on the wiki can be attributed to you.
TwitterFacebookDiscord

Difference between revisions of "The Parent Rap/References"

Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
(It's a cartoon.)
m (Cultural references: replaced: {{w|The Parent Trap (1998 film)|The Parent Trap}} → {{W2|The Parent Trap|1998 film}})
Line 3: Line 3:
  
 
== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the film ''{{w|The Parent Trap (1998 film)|The Parent Trap}}''.
+
*The episode title is a pun on the film ''{{W2|The Parent Trap|1998 film}}''.
 
*As the out-of-control police cruiser heads toward the hot soup truck, the police dog in the back covers his eyes and says, "Ruh-oh!" in a similar manner to {{W|Scooby-Doo}}.
 
*As the out-of-control police cruiser heads toward the hot soup truck, the police dog in the back covers his eyes and says, "Ruh-oh!" in a similar manner to {{W|Scooby-Doo}}.
 
*[[Lisa]] mentions that, as a result of creative sentencing, [[Bill Clinton]] is their mailman.
 
*[[Lisa]] mentions that, as a result of creative sentencing, [[Bill Clinton]] is their mailman.

Revision as of 19:52, December 12, 2020

References/Trivia


Season 13 Episode References
270 "Treehouse of Horror XII"
271
"The Parent Rap"
"Homer the Moe" 272


Cultural references

  • The episode title is a pun on the film The Parent Trap.
  • As the out-of-control police cruiser heads toward the hot soup truck, the police dog in the back covers his eyes and says, "Ruh-oh!" in a similar manner to Scooby-Doo.
  • Lisa mentions that, as a result of creative sentencing, Bill Clinton is their mailman.
  • "Dang Me" by Roger Miller is the song playing on the car radio at the end of the episode.
  • In addition to the $40 prize for the winning the radio contest, Homer receives a Blue Oyster Cult medallion.
  • "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by B.O.C. is also played over the closing credits.
  • Judge Constance Harm says that she would read Hemingway if she wanted a cock and bull story. This is a reference to Hemingway's novella, The Sun Also Rises, which involves an impotent war veteran and a matador.

Trivia

  • Professor Frink nearly runs over Bart and Milhouse with his Hover bike. The bike was first seen in Lemon of Troy.
  • The Miranda Rights teleprompter in the police cruiser instructs officers to say, "You have the right to remain silent," then to "(Punch in belly)."
  • Outside the Juvenile Courthouse is a statue of Blind Justice, depicting a little girl wearing a blindfold while holding a scale in one hand and a sword in the other.
  • Jimbo Jones can be seen outside the courtroom with a lawyer and his mother, waiting to go before Judge Snyder.
  • Homer's burglar outfit is similar to the one he wears while stealing Moe's car in Dumbbell Indemnity and when smuggling sugar in Sweets and Sour Marge.
  • Judge Constance Harm indicates she was born male when she tells Bart he reminds her of herself when she was a little boy.
  • In this episode, Judge Snyder's first name is revealed to be Roy.

Goofs

  • When Homer goes to sleep in Mrs. Krabappel's class, his tongue's palette color changes from pink to white.
Season 13 References
Treehouse of Horror XII The Parent Rap Homer the Moe A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love The Blunder Years She of Little Faith Brawl in the Family Sweets and Sour Marge Jaws Wired Shut Half-Decent Proposal The Bart Wants What It Wants The Lastest Gun in the West The Old Man and the Key Tales from the Public Domain Blame It on Lisa Weekend at Burnsie's Gump Roast I Am Furious (Yellow) The Sweetest Apu Little Girl in the Big Ten The Frying Game Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge