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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the 2000 romantic comedy film ''{{w|What Women Want}}'', which starred [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Helen Hunt]].
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[[File:Breaking Bad couch gag.png|300px|thumb|The scene of [[Jesse Pinkman]] and [[Walter White]] corresponds to a live-action bit from the ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' episode "{{W|Hazard Pay}}"]]
*The opening [[Breaking Bad Couch Gag|couch gag]] is a reference to the popular television show ''{{w|Breaking Bad}}'', along with the song "Crystal Blue Persuasion", which is used occasionally on ''Breaking Bad''. [[Bryan Cranston]] and [[Aaron Paul]], who star in ''Breaking Bad'', were seen in a life action bit at the end of the couch gag.
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*The episode title is a pun on the 2000 romantic comedy film ''{{W|What Women Want}}'', which starred [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Helen Hunt]].
*[[Moe]] was seen reading ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', a {{W|Fifty Shades of Grey|real book}}.
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*The opening [[Breaking Bad Couch Gag|couch gag]] is a reference to the popular television show ''[[Breaking Bad]]'':
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**[[Marge]] cooks blue cupcakes, a reference to the iconic "Blue Sky" methamphetamine from the series, while [[Homer]] wears Heisenberg's hat
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**The style of this couch gag mimics the "{{W|Crystal Blue Persuasion}}" sequence on the ''Breaking Bad'' episode "{{W|Gliding Over All}}", using the same music.
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**The scene of [[Jesse Pinkman]] ([[Aaron Paul]]) and [[Walter White]] ([[Bryan Cranston]]) corresponds to a live-action bit from the ''Breaking Bad'' episode "{{W|Hazard Pay}}".
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*[[Mayor Quimby]] resembles the [[Michelin Man]] on the Springfield Tire Guide, a parody of the {{W|Michelin Guide}}.
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*At the [[Swanky Fish]] sushi restaurant, the strict [[sushi chef]] acts like Yev Kassem, a character from the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "{{W|The Soup Nazi}}".
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*Homer puts two chopsticks in his mouth and says he is "Wally the kissing Walrus", a reference to {{W|Wally Walrus}} from ''{{W|Woody Woodpecker filmography|Woody Woodpecker}}''.
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[[File:A Streetcar Named Desire.png|300px|thumb|On the "Movie Day", the kids watch ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', more specifically the {{W|Huey Long in culture#Theatre, music, television and games|"I'm the King Around Here}}" scene]]
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[[File:Milhouse as Marlon Brando.png|300px|thumb|[[Lisa]] imagines [[Milhouse]] as [[Marlon Brando]]]]
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*The 1957 drama film ''{{W2|A Streetcar Named Desire|1951 film}}'' plays on the school's "Movie Day", more specifically the "I'm the King Around Here" scene.
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**[[Martin]] mentions protagonist actors Vivien Leigh as [[Blanche DuBois]] and [[Karl Malden]] as [[Harold Mitchell|Mitch]] while [[Nelson]] mentions [[Marlon Brando]]. [[Milhouse]] writes down "{{W|Elia Kazan}} good with actors".
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**[[Lisa]] later imagines Milhouse as Brando.
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**When the [[Springfield Elementary School therapist]] is fired, she takes Milhouse's favorite bunny bear "Fluffy Fella" with her. Milhouse then yells "Fella!", a reference to the "Stella!" scene from ''A Streetcar Named Desire''.
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*Homer's phone assistant "Searchy" tells him he can find brake fluid at Taco Joe's, a reference to {{W|Taco John's}}. When Homer tells her "that was yesterday", the assistant looks for [[the Beatles]] song "{{W2|Yesterday|Beatles song}}" credited to {{W|Lennon–McCartney}}.
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*Milhouse asks Lisa whether she saw Marlon Brando on the 1962 film ''{{W2|Mutiny on the Bounty|1962 film}}''. This film was highly criticized and was a box-office bomb.
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*[[Abe]] does a comical entrance at the Simpsons' basement and says ''{{W|Guess Who's Coming to Dinner}}'', the 1967 American comedy-drama film.
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*Homer compares his relationship with Marge to the {{W|Special Olympics}}.
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*Homer pays at the Swanky Fish using [[Ned Flanders]]' [[Viza]] credit card, a parody of {{W|Visa, Inc.|Visa}}.
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*An imaginary Marlon Brando talks to Milhouse and tells him that he got 5 million dollars for working three days on the 1980 film ''{{W|Superman II}}''. The scenes of Brando in ''Superman II'' were actually removed because of tension with film producers.
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*Lisa reads ''[[Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the Declining Book Sales]]'', which is a reference to the [[Nancy Drew]] book series by {{W|Edward Stratemeyer}}.
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*[[Moe]] was seen reading ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey]]'', a {{W|Fifty Shades of Grey|real book}}.
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*Moe writes fan fiction about ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' where he mentions [[Andy Griffith]], [[Barney Fife]] and {{W|Aunt Bee}}.
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*Homer tells Marge to call to the {{W|Procter & Gamble}} (P&G) help line when he has an accident with the chair.
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*"{{W|I'll Never Fall in Love Again}}" by [[Dionne Warwick]] is heard when Homer and Marge burn the sex toys.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==

Latest revision as of 01:48, January 24, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 24 Episode References
524 "Dark Knight Court"
525
"What Animated Women Want"
"Pulpit Friction" 526


Cultural references[edit]

The scene of Jesse Pinkman and Walter White corresponds to a live-action bit from the Breaking Bad episode "Hazard Pay"
On the "Movie Day", the kids watch A Streetcar Named Desire, more specifically the "I'm the King Around Here" scene

Trivia[edit]

  • This episode had a short promotional clip for "Pulpit Friction" at the end of the credits. This is the first episode to directly advertise another episode.

Continuity[edit]

Season 24 References
Moonshine River Treehouse of Horror XXIII Adventures in Baby-Getting Gone Abie Gone Penny-Wiseguys A Tree Grows in Springfield The Day the Earth Stood Cool To Cur, with Love Homer Goes to Prep School A Test Before Trying The Changing of the Guardian Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing Hardly Kirk-ing Gorgeous Grampa Black-Eyed, Please Dark Knight Court What Animated Women Want Pulpit Friction Whiskey Business The Fabulous Faker Boy The Saga of Carl Dangers on a Train