Homer Scissorhands/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a reference to the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp in the title role.
- The scene where Homer is cutting hair in the kitchen parodies the famous "A Thrilling Experience" scene.
- Homer tells Marge to call him "Homer Fingerhands", also a reference to the film's name.
- In the episode's couch gag, the Simpsons couch is a set in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C.. Many pieces shown are or were exhibited in the different Smithsonian museums, with other pieces belonging to other museums. References can be read on the couch gag's reference page.
- When painting Patty and Selma, Lisa considers she has to make it more neoclassical and less Mannerist.
- Homer plans to play a CD of James Taylor in Patty's car so people think she committed suicide. The CD he is holding corresponds to Sweet Baby James, Taylor's second studio album.
- Selma compares Patty to Posh Spice, part of the Spice Girls. Homer also mentions Scary Spice.
- Patty tells Homer his brain has the size of a Super Ball, the toy bouncy ball.
Milhouse watched the opening scene of
Finding Nemo alone, and was traumatized when he found out about Coral's death
Continuity[edit]
- When Lisa accidentally gets paint on Patty's hair, Patty's dress is pink, but when Bart pours Paint Thinner on it, it is blue.
- As Sideshow Mel uses a megaphone to say the guests' names in the Policeman's Ball Thin Blue Line-Dance at Springfield Inn, his skin is yellow.
- In the credits, Kristen Schaal's name is spelled "Kristen Schall".
