From Russia Without Love/References
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Cultural references[edit]
The drinks advertised close to
Moe's are parodies of real-world drinks
- The drinks advertised close to Moe's are parodies of real-world drinks:
- The Gadsden flag can be seen at Herman's Military Antiques.
- Herman says that not even Amazon can find them in the basement, then asks Amazon Alexa if that's right.
- Nelson's father gave Nelson a Mars chocolate bar.
- Hacky is a reference to Clippy, the former Microsoft Office assistant. The options Hacky gives include:
- Submit a false Medicare claim. Hacky is referencing the federal health insurance program in the United States, Medicare.
- Doxx your ex-girlfriend. Doxxing is the act of publicly providing personally identifiable information usually via the Internet.
- Hack into PayPal, the well-known financial technology company.
- Moe is seen reading Ugly Men's Health, a parody of to Men's Health, the men's fitness and nutrition magazine.
- Moe tells Anastasia Alekova that he'll send her on an overnight flight back to Russia via Delta Air Lines.
- Marge says that sometimes arranged marriages work out, mentioning Tevye and Golde from Fiddler on the Roof. Tevye and Golde, the parents in the story, have an arranged marriage. Despite the lack of romantic love at the outset, their marriage is portrayed as stable and enduring.
- Lisa provided a counterexample to Marge's reasoning by mentioning Tzeitel, the daughter of Tevye and Golde, who does not follow the tradition of arranged marriage. Tzeitel rejects the match arranged for her with the wealthy but older Lazar Wolf, preferring to marry Motel, the poor tailor whom she loves.
- Anastasia chased out Moose and Squirrel from Moe's. This is a pun on the cartoon The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, which had a moose (Bullwinkle J. Moose) and a squirrel (Rocky the Flying Squirrel) as main characters.
- Moe's former partner and Broadway performer, Laney Fontaine, won a Tony Award.
- The song that plays during Bart's punishment is "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash.
- The Russian Tea House Anastasia was working at is a parody of Russian Tea Room, an Art Deco Russo-Continental restaurant located in New York City.
- Anastasia thinks that Krusty looks like Pennywise, the main character from It.
- The waitress from the Russian Tea House mentions Armenian Idol, a parody of American Idol.
- Homer criticises the recurrence of American actor Tom Hanks portraying roles as Captain. Homer refers to the films Apollo 13 (as Captain Jim Lovell), Saving Private Ryan (as Captain John H. Miller), Captain Phillips (as Captain Richard Phillips) and Sully (as Captain Sully Sullenberger).
- Krusty mentioned that he is still married to American actress Rita Moreno.
- Kursty's relationship with Anastasia was meant to appear on TMZ on TV, a gossip news TV show.
- "Spring" from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi is heard at Moe and Anastasia's wedding.
- Duffman mentions Pearl Harbor Day, that falls on December the 7th.
- "Pachelbel's Canon" by Johann Pachelbel is heard when Anastasia is being taken to the altar.
- Kirk Van Houten is wearing a T-shirt that hints to the virtual band Gorillaz.
- The Orthodox priest references the Russian American presence in Brooklyn.
- A man at the wedding is wearing a Michigan Wolverines sweater and refers to the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry when he founds out Anastasia was from Columbus, Ohio, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
- Anastasia mentions Inverness and Moray Firth, two locations in the Scottish Highlands.
- The scene where Nelson is left alone in Mars parodies the 2015 sci-fi film The Martian.
Continuity[edit]
- Flashbacks from Moe's previous girlfriends:
