The Springfield Connection/References
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"The Springfield Connection"
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Cultural references
- The title of this episode refers to The French Connection.
- The music used in the episode and over the end credits is remixed to sound like the theme from Hill Street Blues. Other references to the show include the briefing scene.
- The couch gag features Homer in a parody the opening titles from James Bond films.
- The Skinners' domestic disturbance appears on an episode of COPS.
- The man wanting the "freaking guns!" at the training day is a reference to Police Academy.
- Marge driving over an incomplete freeway section during training references Speed.
- McGriff is a parody of McGruff the Crime Dog.
- The Springfield Pops play the theme from Star Wars; Homer mistakenly believes its composer John Williams is dead.
Goofs
- At the beginning of the episode, Marge's necklace is white. Later on it's her trademark orange necklace.
- On Marge's first assignment for the Springfield Police Department she is told to patrol "Junkyville and Bumtown." Yet when she is walking down the street the clinic says "Junkytown Legal Clinic."
- Chief Wiggum's hair color changes several times during the episode, from black to blue and then back to black.
- During the driving exercise, Marge is shown wearing a white shirt, when she finishes she is now wearing police uniform.
- Although Marge spots the dog not on a leash, she doesn't notice that the person behind the dog is jaywalking.
- The clock changes at the end of the first poker game. When Carl, Barney and Lenny go away it's near 2 o'clock. When Marge says she still does the jobs Homer loves Marge to do in the city, , it's 7 o'clock.
