Bad Boys... for Life?/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a reference to the movie Bad Boys for Life.
- The couch gag features many characters from Fortnite, including Jonesy, Hope, Meowscles, Fishstick, and Peely. The same weekend this episode originally aired, a The Simpsons mini-season started in Fortnite.
- Troy Baker, who voices Jonesy, and Suzie Yeung, who voices Hope, were credited for their characters' noises in the couch gag.
- Mr. Burns' car is a Ford Model T, a real car by Ford.
- Comedians in Cars Kvetching, hosted by Jerry Seinfeld, is a parody of Seinfeld's talk show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
- Krusty complains that college students no longer enjoy his old-fashioned jokes and makes a Vietnam War–era pun on communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
- Seinfeld and Krusty are crashed into by Jay Leno. Leno is known for his extensive collection of vehicles. Krusty also refers to Jay Leno's Garage, the TV show hosted by Leno.
- The Carpool Karaoke car also crashes, driven by James Corden. Carpool Karaoke was a segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden before becoming a full series.
- The song that the Carpool Karaoke car plays is "Call on Me" by Chicago.
- When asking to call 911, they parody "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" by Scatman John.
Very Old Sheldon is among the TV series on the streaming platform. In its picture, Sheldon is wearing a T-shirt with the Green Lantern symbol, as he did on several occasions on The Big Bang Theory.
- The TV shows on the streaming platform include:
- Farmer Wants a Divorce is a parody of the TV series Farmer Wants a Wife.
- Very Old Sheldon is a parody of Young Sheldon, a spin-off of The Big Bang Theory. Homer says "bazinga'd out" when he sees the show, referencing Sheldon Cooper's catchphrase of "bazinga."
- To Catch and Release a Predator is a parody of To Catch a Predator, hosted by Chris Hansen.
- The Golden Retriever Bachelorette is a parody of The Golden Bachelorette, a spin-off of The Bachelorette.
- If Andor But is a parody of the Star Wars television show Andor.
- Ring of Thrones is a parody of The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones.
- Rehashing of the Talking of the Walking Dead is a parody of The Walking Dead aftershow Talking Dead.
- Expensive Apple TV Flop is a parody of the Apple TV miniseries Masters of the Air.
- Homer calls himself the Thomas Edison of stuffing things with cheese.
- Four years ago, Homer reads the children's book Are You My Mother? to Lisa.
- When Lisa tells Homer that Are You My Mother? is terrifying, Homer offers to read Hansel & Gretel to her instead.
- Other "scary" children's books include:
- The Brothers Grimmest, a reference to the Brothers Grimm, who wrote Grimms' Fairy Tales.
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive a Bus Into the Farmer's Market!, a parody of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems.
- Goodnight Earth, a parody of Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown.
- Little Red Riding Hood, a fairy tale by Charles Perrault in which the wolf eats the eponymous girl.
- What Was I Scared Of?, a story by Dr. Seuss from the collection The Sneetches and Other Stories.
- Where the Wildest Things Are, a parody of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
- Grampa tells the family that there were nine different Shamus, then proceeds to rank them.
- Among the parenting books that Homer uses are:
- Daddies for Dummies, a reference to the For Dummies series of books.
- Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev.
- When Homer takes Bart and Lisa to the park, "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys plays.
- When Bart uses his Rube Goldberg machine on Homer, "La gazza ladra: Overture" by Gioachino Rossini plays.
- Homer uses an Emmy to pray the beer from his hands.
- An instrumental version of "A Quick One, While He's Away" by The Who is heard during Bart's pranks compilation.
- The "super hot pharmaceutical lady" hands Dr. Hibbert a visor for Pfizer.
- The pamphlet What to Expect When You're Expecting They'll Take Your Kid is a parody of the pregnancy guide What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff.
- In Homer's dream, Chief Wiggum tells Homer that he's "sloogling", sleeping while Googling.
- "Abandon all momies ye who enter here" is a play on "Abandon all hope ye who enter here", the inscription over the gates of Hell in the Divine Comedy.
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- In Homer's dream, Dolph says that the tear tattoos symbolize all the times he's cried. Kearney then tells Dolph that he told him not to read Charlotte's Web, a book by E. B. White in which the spider Charlotte accepts her fate and dies at the end.
- When Homer remembers the good time he shared with Bart, "Trois Gymnopédies: Première Gymnopédie" by Erik Satie plays.
- Homer and Bart go to Drunken Donuts, a parody of Dunkin' Donuts.
- In the flashback to young Homer, "Who Can I Turn To?" by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley plays.
- The undercover ice cream van plays the traditional song "Pop Goes the Weasel".
- Bart is given a "Ritalin Raspberry" ice cream.
- Leonard Stern says that he was taught at Johns Hopkins not to have feelings.
- The music that plays over the pictures of left-handed people is "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- The pictures of left-handed people include: Isaac Newton, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Babe Ruth, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Napoleon Bonaparte, Oprah Winfrey, Amelia Earhart, Queen Victoria, Bubba Watson, Barack Obama, Matt Groening, and Bart.
- Originally, Judy Garland was in Oprah's place.[1]
Trivia[edit]
- Homer remembers that Marge's birthday is October 2nd.
Continuity[edit]
- Younger Bart is seen wearing the same outfit as he wore in "Estranger Things".
- Bart is suspected of being a psychopath. ("'Paths of Glory")
- Bart has his clown bed. ("Lisa's First Word")
- In the flashback to young Homer, Bongo is around. ("To Cur, with Love")
- Bart finds his pet frog. ("The Crepes of Wrath")
- Judge Constance Harm signed the order to commit Bart. This, however, contradicts them not knowing each other in the future. ("The Parent Rap")
- Marge tells Bart and Lisa that this is not the first time she has told a story of when they were young. ("Lisa's First Word", et al.)
- Wiggum tells the Drunken Donuts employee to come downtown, where he lives, and teach his wife how to make donuts. Previously, he told Lou to teach his wife how to rub his belly like a dog. ("Woo-Hoo Dunnit?")
Goofs[edit]
- Bongo is around when Homer is a teenager, despite being given away when he was younger. ("To Cur, with Love")
- Homer remembers parking in the Poochie lot at Itchy & Scratchy Land, despite Poochie not being created until Bart was ten.
- The ice cream van is said to be windowless, but it has some.
- Milhouse wears his eyeglasses for the first time, despite having them one year earlier. ("Lisa's Sax")
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