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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
*The episode title is taken from the ''[[wikipedia:Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series|Star Trek]]'' episode "[[wikipedia:The_Trouble_With_Tribbles|The Trouble With Tribbles]]". | *The episode title is taken from the ''[[wikipedia:Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series|Star Trek]]'' episode "[[wikipedia:The_Trouble_With_Tribbles|The Trouble With Tribbles]]". | ||
| + | *The scene where Homer was pressed into FBI service was taken directly from the film JFK | ||
| + | **Similarly, Agent Johnson, one of the FBI Agents who placed Homer on the job, was apparently named after one of the FBI Agents from Die Hard. | ||
| + | *When questioned by Kent Brockman in regards to why he procrastinated in regards to the Tax deadline, Otto remarks that he thought that the tax-line was actually the line for a Metallica concert. | ||
| + | *Mr. Burns claims that he owns the suit that Charlie Chaplin was buried in, a reference to the fact that Charlie Chaplin's body was stolen from a cemetary in Switzerland. | ||
| + | *When Castro remarks that Americans aren't all that bad as they named a street after him, he reacts in shock and horror when he learns just who dwells on that street, a reference to Castro Street in San Francisco, a street that is a gay community (although its true namesake was politician Jose Castro). | ||
| + | *One of the signs in Cuba was based on a Che Guevara poster, altered to say "Duff O Muerto!" | ||
== Goofs == | == Goofs == | ||
Revision as of 19:15, September 8, 2010
Cultural references
- The episode title is taken from the Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles".
- The scene where Homer was pressed into FBI service was taken directly from the film JFK
- Similarly, Agent Johnson, one of the FBI Agents who placed Homer on the job, was apparently named after one of the FBI Agents from Die Hard.
- When questioned by Kent Brockman in regards to why he procrastinated in regards to the Tax deadline, Otto remarks that he thought that the tax-line was actually the line for a Metallica concert.
- Mr. Burns claims that he owns the suit that Charlie Chaplin was buried in, a reference to the fact that Charlie Chaplin's body was stolen from a cemetary in Switzerland.
- When Castro remarks that Americans aren't all that bad as they named a street after him, he reacts in shock and horror when he learns just who dwells on that street, a reference to Castro Street in San Francisco, a street that is a gay community (although its true namesake was politician Jose Castro).
- One of the signs in Cuba was based on a Che Guevara poster, altered to say "Duff O Muerto!"
Goofs
- Charlie claims he will assault government officials over the slow progress of HDTV. In actuality, high-definition television was produced by the private sector, not government.
