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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
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*[[Troy McClure]] also starred in ''[[Five Fabulous Weeks of The Chevy Chase Show]]'', a reference to ''{{W|The Chevy Chase Show}}''.
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*Troy McClure calls the [[Simpson family]] "America's favorite non-prehistoric cartoon family", a reference to ''[[The Flintstones]]''.
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*One of the [[couch gag]]s shows the Simpsons being crushed by a giant foot, a reference to ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.
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*One of the couch gags shows the Simpsons in a [[M. C. Escher]]-style room.
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*''[[Johnny Reb Comics]]'' is a reference to {{W|Johnny Reb}}, the national personification of the common soldier of the {{W|Confederate States of America|Confederacy}}.
 
*{{Ch|James L. Brooks}} is depicted as looking like [[Rich Uncle Pennybags]] from [[Monopoly]].
 
*{{Ch|James L. Brooks}} is depicted as looking like [[Rich Uncle Pennybags]] from [[Monopoly]].
 
*{{Ch|Sam Simon}} is depicted as looking like {{W|Howard Hughes}}.
 
*{{Ch|Sam Simon}} is depicted as looking like {{W|Howard Hughes}}.
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*A ''[[Life in Hell]]'' poster is seen hanging up in {{Ch|Matt Groening}}'s office.
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*In the short "[[Good Night]]", [[Marge]] sings "[[Rock-a-bye Baby]]" to [[Maggie]].
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*Krusty's book is called "Sex", a reference to [[Madonna]]'s 1992 book ''{{W2|Sex|book}}''.
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*Professor Lawrence Pierce is from the {{W|University of Chicago}}.
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*A clip from "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]" of Homer singing a parody of "[[Meet the Flintstones]]", the theme song of ''The Flintstones'', is shown.
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*Homer eating potato chips in space in "[[Deep Space Homer]]" is set to the song "{{W|The Blue Danube}}" by {{W|Johann Strauss II}}.
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*Dr. Linus Irving is from the {{W|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|Sloan-Kettering Memorial Institute}}.
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*{{Ch|Matt Groening}} has a ''[[Life in Hell]]'' poster in his office.
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*In the deleted scene from "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]", he has a book called ''[[Sex]]'', a reference to [[Madonna]]'s 1992 book ''{{W2|Sex|book}}''.
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*Another deleted scene from "Krusty Gets Kancelled" has network executives telling Krusty that his show is being replaced by a hemorrhoid infomercial starring {{W|Claude Akins}}.
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*The deleted scene from "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]" has Homer dealing cards to [[James Bont]], [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], [[Oddjob]], and [[Jaws]] from ''[[James Bond]].
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*In a deleted scene from "[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]", Bart says that he'll sell his soul for a {{W|Formula One}} racing car.
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*In a deleted scene from "[[Burns' Heir]]", the [[Robotic Richard Simmons]], a robot version of [[Richard Simmons]], plays the song "{{W|(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty}}" by {{W|KC and the Sunshine Band}}. The song later plays during the "hardcore nudity" montage.
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**When Smithers shoots the robot in the head, it quickly "heals", similar to the T-1000 in the steel mill scene of ''{{W|Terminator 2}}''.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
*All the new footage in this episode is colored using digital ink and paint. This marks the second time it was used in the series, after "[[Radioactive Man]]".
 
*All the new footage in this episode is colored using digital ink and paint. This marks the second time it was used in the series, after "[[Radioactive Man]]".
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*The deleted "[[Robot Richard Simmons]]" scene was taken out of "[[Burns' Heir]]" because it didn't receive any laughs from the crew. However, when it was shown to fans at [[David Silverman]]'s college shows and other events, it received a huge amount of laughs.
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*The wraparound sequences with Troy were animated by USAnimation, which also provided the digital coloring for "[[Radioactive Man]]".
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*The alternate ending for "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns]]" was made to fool the staff and animators so they wouldn't find out who really shot him.
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*The answer to the question during the first commercial break claims that the cash register says "NRA4EVER" when [[Maggie]] is scanned. This is a joke and the cash register actually says "847.63", the estimated cost of raising a baby for one month in [[1989]].
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*This episode featured the short "[[World War III]]", but the fourth act was cut out for time.
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*Alternate shooters of [[Mr. Burns]] include; [[Barney]], {{Ch|Tito Puente}}, [[Moe]], [[Apu]], and [[Santa's Little Helper]].
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*When Troy McClure is standing on the Simpson's staircase, a picture of the Simpsons as they appeared on ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' can be seen.
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**The alternate ending where Mr. Burns reveals that [[Waylon Smithers]] shot him is also shown. This alternate ending was created to stop the show's staff from leaking the ending.
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*The deleted scene from "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]" is about Krusty showing a book involving him doing different sexually explicit positions and him playing a person with haemorrhoids and after haemorrhoids.
 
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*The deleted scene from "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]" involves [[James Bond]] gambling being given a Joker card and Rules for Draw and Stud Poker.
 
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*The deleted scene from "[[Mother Simpson]]" involves Homer eating chocolate and space food sticks and him talking to Mona about him working at the nuclear power plant.
 
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*The deleted scenes from "[[Treehouse Of Horror IV]]" involves Homer's head being used as a bowling ball and getting cut in half by a spiky bowling pin with a note saying, "I.O.U one brain, signed God." Marge finds a notice involving [[Lionel Hutz]] and Bart saying he'd sell his soul for F1 racing car, the Devil shows up with it, but Bart changes his mind and no longer wants it. One of the jurors finds Homer's soul the property of Marge and Lionel Hutz shows up with an empty pizza box.
 
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*The deleted scene from "[[Homer and Apu]]" invloves the Simpson family and Apu watching an Indian film on TV and Homer describing the differences between the actors' and Homer's clothes and laughing about it.
 
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*The deleted scene from "Burns' Heir" involves Mr. Burns releasing the robotic [[Richard Simmons]] to scare Homer off with the K.C. and the Sunshine Band song, "Shake Your Booty". When it goes haywire, Smithers shoots it. But it absorbs the bullet and goes even more haywire and explodes.
 
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*This is the first time [[Matt Groening]]'s last name was ever pronounced on the show. At many times, fans pronounced "Groening" as how it looks which also occurred during ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''.
 
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*Troy mentions that the episode will feature classic scenes cut in syndication. Intentionally, these scenes do not appear.
 
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*The Homer getting stupider montage features the episodes "[[Blood Feud]]", "[[Flaming Moe's]]", "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]", "[[Deep Space Homer]]" and "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]".
 
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*The Hardcore Nudity montage includes:
 
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**"[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"
 
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**"[[Brush with Greatness]]"
 
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**"[[Like Father, Like Clown]]"
 
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**"[[Colonel Homer]]"
 
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**"[[Lisa's First Word]]"
 
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**"[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]"
 
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**"[[Bart of Darkness]]"
 
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**"[[Bart's Girlfriend]]"
 
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**"[[Homer Badman]]"
 
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**"[[Homer the Great]]"
 
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**"[[Homie the Clown]]"
 
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**"[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]"
 
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**"[[Bart vs. Australia]]"
 
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*The wraparound sequences with Troy were animated by USAnimation, which also provided the digital coloring for [[Radioactive Man]].
 
  
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== Continuity ==
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*On some television airings, the first deleted scene of "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]" (Krusty telling viewers about a book of sex) is cut.
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*Clips from ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' [[The Simpsons shorts|shorts]] include:
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**The family eating dinner in "[[Eating Dinner]]".
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**The entirety of "[[Good Night]]".
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**The entirety of "[[The Perfect Crime]]".
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**Scenes from "[[Space Patrol]]".
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**Scenes from "[[World War III]]".
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**The entirety of "[[Bathtime]]".
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*Clips from episodes include:
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**[[Barney]] drinking with {{Ch|Wade Boggs}} at [[Moe's Tavern]]. ("[[Homer at the Bat]]")
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*[[Adolf Hitler]] in an episode of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]''. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]")
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*Alternate outcomes for "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]" are shown.
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*The [[couch gags]] are all repeats from previous episodes. These include the couch gags from "[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]", "[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]", "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]", "[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]", "[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]", "[[Homer Goes to College]]", "[[A Star Is Burns]]", "[[Homer the Great]]", "[[Homer Badman]]", "[[Lisa's Rival]]", "[[Bart's Comet]]", and the "[[Circus Line couch gag]]" originally from "[[Lisa's First Word]]".
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*Clips from the "Homer getting stupider" montage include:
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**Homer at the post office pretending to be [[Mr. Burns]] to get a letter. ("[[Blood Feud]]")
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**Homer's "I was being sarcastic" making people happy monologue. ("[[Flaming Moe's]]")
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**Homer singing "[[Meet the Flintstones]]". ("[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]")
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**Homer opening the bag of potato chips in the space shuttle. ("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
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**The "no TV and no beer make Homer something something" scene from "The Shinning" segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]".
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*The scene of [[Smithers]] talking to [[Mr. Burns]] about his birthday preparations is shown, and then imagining Burns coming out of a cake, is shown. ("[[Rosebud]]")
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*The scene of Burns talking about dogs to Smithers is shown. ("[[Dog of Death]]")
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*The scene of Smithers turning his computer on and seeing a naked Mr. Burns on the screen is shown. ("[[Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]")
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*The scene where Smithers imagines Burns flying through his window is shown. ("[[Marge Gets a Job]]")
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*Clips and deleted scenes from "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]" are shown.
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*Clips and deleted scenes from "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]" are shown.
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*The clip of Homer meeting [[Mona Simpson|his mother]] is seen. ("[[Mother Simpson]]")
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*Deleted scenes from "[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]" are shown.
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*Clips and deleted scenes from "[[Homer and Apu]]" are shown.
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*Clips and deleted scenes from "[[Burns' Heir]]" are shown.
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*The hardcore nudity montage includes:
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**[[Barney]] in "[[Mr. Plow]]".
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**[[Martin]] in "[[Bart of Darkness]]".
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**Homer in "[[Rosebud]]".
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**Bart in "[['Round Springfield]]".
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**[[Groundskeeper Willie]] in "[[Bart's Girlfriend]]".
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**Homer in "[[Homie the Clown]]".
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**Bart in "[[Bart vs. Australia]]".
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**Homer in "[[Homer Badman]]".
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**Baby Bart in "[[Lisa's First Word]]".
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**Mr. Burns in "[[Brush with Greatness]]".
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**Homer and Marge in "[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]".
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**Homer in "Homer Badman".
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**Baby Bart in "[[And Maggie Makes Three]]".
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**Homer in "[[Treehouse of Horror III]]".
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**Baby Bart in "[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]".
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**Homer in "[[Homer the Great]]".
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**Bart, [[Rabbi Krustofsky]] and rabbis in "[[Like Father, Like Clown]]".
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**Bart in "[[I Love Lisa]]".
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**Homer in "[[The Call of the Simpsons]]".
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**Homer and Marge in "[[Colonel Homer]]".
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:30, July 17, 2022

References/Trivia


Season 7 Episode References
← 137 "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"
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"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"
"Marge Be Not Proud" 139 →


Cultural references[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • All the new footage in this episode is colored using digital ink and paint. This marks the second time it was used in the series, after "Radioactive Man".
  • The wraparound sequences with Troy were animated by USAnimation, which also provided the digital coloring for "Radioactive Man".
  • The answer to the question during the first commercial break claims that the cash register says "NRA4EVER" when Maggie is scanned. This is a joke and the cash register actually says "847.63", the estimated cost of raising a baby for one month in 1989.
  • Alternate shooters of Mr. Burns include; Barney, Tito Puente, Moe, Apu, and Santa's Little Helper.
    • The alternate ending where Mr. Burns reveals that Waylon Smithers shot him is also shown. This alternate ending was created to stop the show's staff from leaking the ending.

Continuity[edit]

Season 7 References
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two) • Radioactive Man • Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily • Bart Sells His Soul • Lisa the Vegetarian • Treehouse of Horror VI • King-Size Homer • Mother Simpson • Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming • The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular • Marge Be Not Proud • Team Homer • Two Bad Neighbors • Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield • Bart the Fink • Lisa the Iconoclast • Homer the Smithers • The Day the Violence Died • A Fish Called Selma • Bart on the Road • 22 Short Films About Springfield • Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish" • Much Apu About Nothing • Homerpalooza • Summer of 4 Ft. 2
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