Diary of a Chimpy Kid/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode's title is a reference to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series of children's books.
- Ms. Albright asks the kids at Sunday School, based on the story of Moses, how many of the Ten Commandments her ex-husband, Bill, broke.
- The title of The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "The Greatest Gory Ever Told" is a reference to the 1965 epic religious film The Greatest Story Ever Told.
- A poster in Krusty's office says that he's had thirty-eight years of being Emmy eligible. This number is the same as the season that the episode aired in.
- The situation of Itchy and Scratchy entering the public domain is a reference to characters such as Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse entering the public domain.
- Other public domain properties include:
- Krusty decides to do what Warner Bros., Disney, and The Muppets did and make a show featuring The Krusty the Clown Show characters as babies, Krusty Babies!, a reference to Muppet Babies and Baby Looney Tunes.
- Krusty tells baby Krusty to give a big Jack Benny take to the camera. When Krusty gets the pie to the face, he turns to the camera like Jack Benny did.
- Wayne the Grip puts Mr. Goodboy into a Little Free Library.
- Lisa suggests growing Tarzan vines for the chimp.
- Sun Tzu's The Art of Warmth is a parody of The Art of War.
- When Marge suggests watching a YouTube documentary about chimps, Homer asks if that's like Shark Week, but "Chimp Week".
- When Homer says "Come get me after the ad" he is referring to YouTube's practice of usually showing an ad before the video.
- Marge leaves the couch after the first part of the video showing the cuteness of young chimps, leaving a terrified Homer alone to watch the dark side of adult chimps. The accurate report, including the strength of chimps (10 times greater than a man's), illustrated their documented propensity for biting off faces and genitals.
- Marge says that she would imagine Seth Meyers' face on Homer if he lost his face. Homer tells Marge that he would imagine Martha Stewart's face on her.
- Lisa and Bart reference the nursery rhyme "Five Little Monkeys" when talking about Mr. Goodboy jumping on the bed.
- Curious Monkey's Tummy Trouble is a reference to the book Curious George Goes to the Hospital, where George gets tummy trouble after he swallows a puzzle piece.
- Homer uses Oogle, a parody of Google.
- Marge accused Homer of having spent their last couples therapy session picking apart Marge's Airbnb choices, while Homer begs her to read at least one review before booking.
- Bart didn't let Mr. Goodboy watch Seinfeld and mentions Jerry eating too much sugar cereal.
- Documentary crews at the zoo include Netflix, Hulu, HBO-TBD, and Amazon Prime.
- "HBO-TBD" alludes to HBO's propensity for renaming itself, currently as "HBO-MAX".
- The Netflix documentarian mentions that he directed the third Fyre Festival documentary.
- The Hulu documentarian mentions that he directed the second Theranos documentary.
- The HBO-TBD documentarian mentions directing a Sam Bankman-Fried polycule documentary.
- When the monkeys chase Homer and at the start of the credits, "You'll Be in My Heart" by Phil Collins plays.
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