How the Test Was Won/References
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"How the Test Was Won"
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a pun on the film and TV series How the West Was Won.
- The couch gag parodies the sets of various sitcoms: The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Brady Bunch, and Cheers.
- When Bart, Nelson, Jimbo, Kearney, Dolph, and Ralph go to the "helicopter," "Gonna Fly Now," the theme song from Rocky, plays.
- Homer's premonition of the massive accident in his house is similar to the premonitions seen in the Final Destination franchise.
- At the end, when Principal Skinner says dancing is allowed again, everyone starts dancing to the song "Footloose" from the 1984 film Footloose.
- When Ralph plays with the rat, he thinks that the rat is Elmo from Sesame Street.
Continuity[edit]
- According to Homer, the entire series of scenes showing him getting hurt took place over a week. This is odd, considering that one of the flashbacks was from "Treehouse of Horror XIII". This could, however, be a sign that Homer is not good at keeping track of time—or reality, since the Treehouse of Horror flashback is non-canon. Most of the flashbacks are clips from previous episodes:
- People were already staring at Lisa before she screamed.
- In one scene, Lisa is shown sitting next to Milhouse; however, in an earlier scene, she is shown sitting at the edge of the table.
- In Marge's meeting scene, when it is just seconds to 3 o'clock, Homer doesn't have anything around his hands. When he confronts Mr. Burns and says, "Oh, Mr. Burns!", he has a watch. Then, he doesn't.
