Jaws Wired Shut/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a reference to the film Eyes Wide Shut.
- When Homer is twirling Maggie around by her pacifier, the music playing is "Flight of the Bumblebee".
- When Luann Van Houten leads Milhouse onto the set of Afternoon Yak (to appear in a segment titled "My Son Still Wets the Bed!"), Milhouse complains that she told him they were going to Red Lobster.
- The scene at the end of the episode where Homer drinks some Duffs to power himself up and rescue Marge is a reference to Popeye cartoons, in which Popeye often rescues his love Olive Oyl by powering himself up with spinach.
- Also the way in which Marge asks for help from the car is the same as that of Olivia in the cartoons of Popeye 30s.
- The music playing in the formal ballroom is first, from symphonic poem Les préludes by Franz Liszt; then Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart; then The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II
- When Marge asks Homer to adopt a more moderate lifestyle, he promises her, "For you, I'll be as dull as Dilbert."
- On the stage "Salute to Safe Sex" the music that plays is "Theme from A Summer Place" soundtrack of the homonymous film.
- The "A Salute to Brunch" stage refers to the gay slang that defines "Brunch, a quicker way to say: I plan to be wasted before noon!" [1]
- The Soccer Mummy (Ed O'Neill) kicks with the music "I Feel Good" sung by James Brown.
- Dredrick Tatum is very cultured saying ".... I would like to eat its (of the Litter) children" cites classical Greek culture in the myth that tells of Cronus devouring his children to avoid being overwhelmed (except Zeus who escapes him, kills him and then in fact will become the leader of the gods).
- The movies playing at the Springfield Googolplex Theatres are Shenani-Goats!, Air C.H.U.D., Chocolate 2: The Vanilla-ing, Final Chapter: A New Beginning, Editor-In-Chimp, Too Many Premises!, Clone Me an Angel, and Dude, Where's My Pepsi?
- There is a float on the gay parade called "Stayin' In The Closet" with a man and a woman peering out. Their faces are not seen, but they do speak, and thus seem to be Patty Bouvier and Waylon Smithers, Jr.. Patty later confirmed she was a lesbian, in the Season 16 episode "There's Something About Marrying". However, there has been no official confirmation that Smithers is homosexual, although throughout the series it has been strongly implied that he is.
- In the hall of the cinema shown in the episode The Itchy & Scratchy Show we see Binky from Matt Groening's Life in Hell comic strip.
- The Kit Kat chocolate bars (seen in another episode also with the name Kat Kit) used by ushers to threaten Homer are truly famous for being made also in a maxi format.
- The way Homer stamps his foot when Marge brushes his newly released teeth is similar to what dogs do when their belly is scratched.
- One of the men on Fab Abs float of the pride parade has pants with green and grey stripes that briefly switch places with each other.
- The film should have projected on to Homer when he stood in front of the movie screen.
- Arnie Pye, who can be seen in the audience at the theater, has gray hair instead of brown hair.
Continuity[edit]
- Homer's X-Ray clearly shows the crayon that reduces his intelligence. It was first seen in "HOMЯ".
References[edit]
