Frink Gets Testy/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- Lisa is seen reading The Girl with the Rub-On Tattoo, a parody of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
- The Learning Network is a reference to The Learning Channel (now often called by its acronym, TLC).
- Tri-ominoes are a reference to Hasbro's Triominos.
- The people of Springfield Mensa recite all the words of the United States Declaration of Independence in alphabetical order.
- Dogs underhandedly cheating while playing poker around the table are a depiction of the painting "A Friend in Need" from the Dogs Playing Poker series by American artist Cassius Marcellus Coolidge.
- Mr. Clean is shown by Professor Frink.
- Professor Frink shows a clip of Tonya Harding attacking Nancy Kerrigan with a pipe. This is a reference to the attack on Nancy Kerrigan by a man hired by Harding's ex-husband.
- Homer tweets his test results.
- Noah Baumbach's Brooklyn Bound is shown in theater.
- Nut Job 3: The Squirreling is shown in theater, a reference to the 2019 sequel of The Nut Job and The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature.
- Shakespeare in the Park and Sesame Street on Ice are shown.
- Jeopardy! is shown at Moe's Tavern.
- Wiggum mentions Swee'Pea and Mr. Magoo, and Lou mentions Sylvester the Cat.
- Lisa listens to The Righteous Brothers's Unchained Melody, after Marge and Homer do a scene similar to the movie Ghost.
- Marge told Homer that her favorite character in The Wizard of Oz was always the Scarecrow.
- Homer writes the names Erik Estrada, John Hancock, Coca Cola and Jebus H Christ, Esquire, misspelling Jesus H. Christ, who appears by his side giving him a thumbs up, with Jebus written on his clothes.
- In a dream, Orson Welles tells Mr. Burns that Welles is not Satan, and that "Satan would sell wine before its time," alluding to his Orson Welles Paul Masson advertisements which had the slogan, "We will sell no wine before its time."
- When Abe Simpson says he let the FBI know which bugle boys were about to "turn boogie-woogie," it is a reference to the song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", though in this context Abe may have given it a different meaning.
- Among things thrown at Professor Frink:
Continuity[edit]
- Lisa's sandals are missing in the second scene.
